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TIL, 11.9% of all children in Africa are orphans

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LyQZ TIL Switzerland has enough underground shelter to house the entire country’s population… and then some.
gM8g4 TIL that amicable and amiable have different meanings. Amicable describes goodwill between people or groups, and amiable describes a good-natured or affable individual. To remember this, don't use the C if there's no Crowd.
Dn6P TIL More than 20M people are living in slavery today, more than at any time in history and Walk Free is an organization aiming to help end it this generation by conducting researches and creating awareness with social media.
4Xela TIL, a British woman saved £3,000 and lost 98 lbs (44 kg) after putting herself on a World War II ration diet for an entire year.
16QRP TIL that Missouri is likely called the Show-Me State in reference to a speech from a Congressman in 1899: "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."