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TIL the founder of the high fashion brand Gucci was named Guccio Gucci

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BrWvb TIL apples in Tibet turn purple due to the lower temper and the higher UV light.(less UV is filtered out because of the thinner atmosphere) They’re called Black diamond apples.
rN7Kx TIL that in 1999 Queen's drummer Roger Taylor became just the second living, non-royal to appear on a British stamp when he was pictured in the background of a Freddie Mercury stamp
R7A74 TIL In France, one out of every three light bulbs is lit thanks to Nigerien uranium. In Niger, nearly 90% of the population has no access to electricity.
rRG4W TIL that Leprosy doesn't cause body parts to be damaged or fall off. Instead, the disease damages one's ability to feel pain, causing common accidents to become more damaging. In addition to this, leprosy is only mildly contagious and more than 95% of the world's population are naturally immune.
J1rRv TIL North Korea is ranked highest in the world in terms of the percentage of population in slavery, with 10.4 percent (2,696,000 ppl) enslaved as per the Walk Free Foundation's 2018 Global Slavery Index. NK is the only country in the world that has not explicitly criminalized any form of slavery.