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TIL Italy used to be the 4th largest economy on Earth in 1991, behind only the USA, Japan and Germany, however unsustainable budget deficits and massive public debt eventually caught up to them, flatlining their economic growth

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Brpy TIL that the sudden feeling of falling that occurs occasionally when one dozes off is actually a mild epileptic seizure and has been suggested to be connected with déjà vu.
OobD7 TIL the 9th monarch of Thailand was an accomplished jazz saxophonist
loPJr TIL a scientist named Doctor Claire Rind wanted to design a collision-avoidance system for cars, so she made locusts watch Star Wars while monitoring the reactions of their visual systems. A robot was programmed with the data obtained and was able to avoid collisions 91% of the time.
woX7W TIL China has the most skyscrapers in the world. It has so many in fact that the next 13 countries combined still have less skyscrapers than China.
yVxYJ TIL India’s Independence Day (Aug 15) was chosen by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, because it was the 2nd anniversary of Japan’s WWII surrender, a day he personally oversaw as Supreme Allied Commander.