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TIL In Paraguay the Guaraní language is more widely spoken than Spanish (52% of the rural population only speaks it), making the country a linguistic anomaly in Latin America

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VMD5G TIL about Wendell Fertig, a US serviceman who rather than surrender with the bulk of US forces during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, “self-promoted” himself to Brigadier General and organized pockets of Filipino fighters and other US serviceman into a highly effective Guerilla force
66PZ TIL That today, more people worldwide suffer from obesity (1.3 billion) than hunger (900 million).
Ool46 TIL: In 1972 a Royal Air Force Harrier was struck in the engine intake by a large bird. After hearing irregular sounds in the engine the pilot ejected, only to watch his plane ascend beautifully into the clouds. It flew for 38 miles without a pilot before running out of fuel.
xV1W5 TIL Russia built a circular warship
e0mnD TIL 49 out of 50 states in America charge inmates for the cost of their own incarceration