Fact of the Day

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Gambling in Finland is controlled by the government and all of the profits go to charity.

https://www.gambling.com/country-overviews/finland

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A London couple kept a man from Nigeria as their slave for 24 years before he finally escaped. They were finally arrested and sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2015.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35027185

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Before trees were common, the Earth was covered with giant mushrooms.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart...ooms-13709647/

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In 1916, there was a proposed Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would put all acts of war to a national vote. Anyone voting "yes" would have to register as a volunteer for service in the army.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...35202011009639

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Donald Trump was the inspiration for the character Biff Tannen in the "Back to the Future" trilogy.


https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...n-donald-trump

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Research shows that people can handle two tasks at a time, but they make three times as many errors when a third task is added.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2010...g-splits-brain

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Kenny G broke a Guinness World Record in 1997 for playing the longest note ever recorded on a saxophone: an E-flat for 45 minutes and 47 seconds.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120517...lows--12037787

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1 in 10,000 units of blood that are transfused in the U.S. are the wrong kind of blood for the patient.

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New Zealand's native Maori make up only 15% of the population, but over 50% of the imprisoned population.

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes...133704146.html

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Over 300 languages are spoken in London, one of the most diverse cities in the world.