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TIL that Mexico is officially known as the United Mexican States.

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W6W8 TIL The shower curtain sucks in around you when showering since water droplets decellerate under the influence of aerodynamic drag. The energy gets transferred to the shower’s air and creates a low pressure system (similar to a hurricane) which sucks the curtain towards you.
Kv49 TIL that before standard CPR was invented, the dominant response to cardiac arrest was to cut open the chest and massage the heart directly in the hands.
DlvV TIL King Leopald II of Belgium was responsible for an estimated 10 million deaths in the Congo
oB0OA TIL Luxembourg has a divorce rate of 89%, with roughly 2140 marriages and 1900 divorces in the year 2019.
OG56X TIL two separate French kings have died from hitting their heads on low hanging doorframes