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TIL France is the country with the most time zones

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GAMD1 TIL that Sweden once had overseas colonies in Africa, India, South America, the Caribbean, and North America. Most were taken over by other European powers after a short amount of time; the only exception was the island of Saint Barthélemy, which it held for nearly a century.
6RZY TIL That Michelangelo hid an image of the human brain’s anatomy in the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
4wOb TIL that an estimated 10% of Europeans are immune to HIV infection because they have an ancestor who survived bubonic plague (the “Black Death.”)
p8G54 TIL: An Indian will spend one-fifth of their life's earning on a wedding ceremony
6EvMw TIL the "bell" at the beginning of Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" isn't actually a bell toll, but an anvil being hit by a hammer