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TIL it is legally impossible to renounce Argentine citizenship, and they don't classify anyone as illegal aliens

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8alQK TIL The US may have adopted the metric system if pirates hadn’t kidnapped the French scientist sent to help Thomas Jefferson persuade Congress to adopt the system
6EKnX TIL during pregnancy, when the baby is growing inside the mother and is almost developed, if the mother suffers injuries or some kind of disease. The baby can pass on some of its cells to help its mother heal.
w501 TIL that in Dr. Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick insisted on the table in the warroom to be covered in green felt, so it looked like the leaders were playing cards for the fate of the world. It makes little sense as the entire movie was shot in black and white.
7OO TIL that there are TWICE as many bicycles produced in the world than there are cars.
R5by1 TIL The saying 'It's all Greek to me' has dozens of localised variations, including 'That's Chinese to me (Dutch)', 'To me this is Turkish (Venetian)', 'Am I speaking Persian? (Hindi)' and 'It's all Hebrew (Finnish).