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TIL Nigeria has Over 250 Ethnic groups and 500 languages.

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J1ar4 TIL The first CIA agent killed in the line of duty got killed partly because the American government failed to notify the Tibetan government of their arrival, and partly because he was disguised as a Kazakh, who were on hostile terms with the Tibetans.
dNA7 TIL The real Grizzly Adams caught a one-year-old brown bear, and taught her to follow him and carry a pack and then to pull a loaded sled. She even cuddled up near Adams to keep him warm in freezing conditions. Eventually, the bear – named Lady Washington – allowed Adams to ride on her back.
x0ro TIL Mathematician Paul Erdos could calculate in his head, given a person’s age, how many seconds they had lived….when he was 4.
KOa59 TIL Napoleons military genius was considered to be so enormeous that the entire stategy of the Coalition that defeated him (the Trachenberg Plan) depended on retreat wherever & whenever they faced him and only attacking his underlings until they built up an overwhelming numerical troop advantage.
7rbEL TIL that "Voldemort" (vol de mort) translates from French/Latin to "flight of death;" also "theft by death," or how Voldemort took Harry's parents from him.