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TIL that President Salome Zourabichvili of Georgia was born in France to Georgian parents and once served as French ambassador to Georgia

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nmEW TIL: One in 25 people are sociopaths. Many are successful, attractive and charming. They are completely remorseless and expert at getting what they want.
MvYW TIL that Duck Hunt works by flashing the screen black when you shoot, except where there are ducks, and a photodiode in the barrel of the gun either picks up the lit area where the ducks are, or it doesn’t, which determines whether your shot hit or missed.
Gd61 TIL: In Cuba, a special permit is required to use the Internet and all e-mails are intricately monitored. Cuba has been listed as an “Internet Enemy” by Reporters Without Borders since the list was created in 2006.
d8BeE TIL that in 2029 a huge asteroid will come so close to the hitting the earth that it will be visible to the naked eye. This asteroid may still hit our planet in 2068.
1aBJO TIL about the Taylor Oil Spill, a spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2004 and is STILL ongoing today in 2019 with an estimated 300-700 barrels of oil per day spilling into the ocean. There is enough oil reserve for this to continue for 100 years if not contained