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TIL that there are more English speakers in China (390 million) than in the U. S.

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Jxg8 TIL that for the first time part of a dinosaur skeleton has been discovered in amber with the finding of a tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur
YXVP TIL 70% of murders in Detroit go unsolved
ADBEa TIL that the first NBA game occured in November 1, 1946 with the matchup of the New York Knicks and the Toronto Huskies in Toronto in front of 7,090 fans with the score of 68-66 in favor of the knicks
JYoLm TIL Magnification is not an attribute of the telescope as it mainly depends on the eyepiece being used. A telescope of a specific focal length will produce an image of a specific size and this cannot be changed
R5RO1 TIL despite literally meaning "thousand feet" no species of millipede was known to have a thousand feet until a species discovered in 2020, named Eumillipes meaning "true thousand feet"