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TIL that the BBC has a Pidgin language site for news

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mxreY TIL in 2012 three researchers proved that many classic Nintendo games are NP-hard by developing a framework for reducing the 3SAT problem to any platform game. This means the question "given a finite level of a game, can the player move from start to finish?" is not computable in polynomial time.
oY0E TIL that during the Normandy Allied Invasion Bill Millin, a Scottish Piper, played his bagpipes as he walked the beach while the carnage erupted around him. He later asked captured German prisoners why they hadn’t shot at him. They said they thought he was on a suicide mission and was clearly mad.
LQ16P TIL Dr. William Halstead, who is considered the father of modern surgery due to his research in multiple surgical fields such as antisepsis to prevent infection, developed addictions to both cocaine and morphine during his career, due to experimenting with the drugs' numbing abilities on himself
GYrAQ TIL in France, it’s against the law for grocery stores to throw away food. It must either be composted or donated to charity.
DnXj TIL Switzerland is unique in having enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire population