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TIL about the "resource curse", the phenomenon of countries with an abundance of natural resources having less economic growth, less democracy, and less development than countries with fewer resources.

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YpvQd TIL that Bella Hadid has the most scientifically beautiful face in the world according to the Golden Ratio of Beauty Phi. She is followed closely by Beyoncé and Amber Heard.
N7mNJ TIL learned is not a typo, it is the american spelling for learnt
dvm8 TIL Oreos are over 100 years old and are a knock off of a cookie called Hydrox, which itself suffered from the impression that it was a knock off of Oreo and fell into obscurity.
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