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TIL Uruguay’s president lives in a farm-house with no servants. Has two security guards. Donates 90 percent of his salary, has a net worth of $1,800, and drives a 1987 VW Beetle. He has sold the seaside presidential palaces, advocates for legalizing marijuana, and same-sex marriage.

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bQkp TIL that divers in 1900 discovered an ancient Greek shipwreck with an odd-looking bronze device on board. The device was later determined to be the world’s oldest analog computer, dating back to the 1st century B.C.E., thousands of years before similar technologies would be re-discovered
69E5l TIl that Burger King created a band named Coq Roq, recorded a 4 song LP, and planned a US tour that only fell apart because the Canadian singer had a criminal record
NkPE TIL the UK is the only country not required to name itself on its postage stamps.
Me6l8 TIL about the Sentenilese people, a tribe that has been self isolating on North Sentinel Island for around 60,000 years and attack anyone who attempts to make contact.
4kd8w TIL The line that separates day and night is called the terminator. It is also referred to as the "grey line" and the "twilight zone."