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TIL The US incarcerates 760 prisoners per 100,000 citizens which is 7 to 10 times more than other developed countries

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ld5V TIL Switzerland is abbreviated to ‘CH’ because of its Latin name, ‘Confoederatio Helvetica.’ - Latin is also still used on stamps and coins
ZpbJo TIL German citizens, upon reaching their 100th birthday, receive a letter of congratulations from their president.
d8Q9j TIL that there is a country called Molossia that is inside Nevada, which consists of 30 humans and 4 dogs, with a currency that is made out of casino chips, and is at war with eastern Germany.
p8LaN TIL Indonesia is the world’s largest island nation it contains thousands and thousands of islands. Indonesia has so many islands it has never been able to fully count or name them. Indonesia is embarking on an ambitious island census to count the islands and registering their names.
R7ar7 TIL in 1962 a bear was ejected from a B-58 jet bomber at 870 mph to test whether humans could survive supersonic ejections. The bear then floated down via parachute from 35,000 feet over the course of 7 minutes, where it landed unharmed.