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TIL that with over 820 languages, Papua New Guinea holds 12% of all of the world's languages.

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D1Yyg TIL that in Singapore sales for "discipline" canes increase during times when students prepare for exams.
nn6o TIL the United States Government, with the passage of the NDAA fiscal year 2013, overturned a 64 year ban on domestic propaganda usage. This action now allows the U.S. State Department to distribute and broadcast government propaganda to U.S. citizens.
4XR9a TIL that Indonesians are the most charitable people in the world. "Despite having a steady economy and labor force, 40 percent of the country lives below the poverty line, making their number one ranking even more impressive and inspiring."
R5ax1 TIL Blue eyes do not contain blue pigments. The color comes from structural color, there are small particles suspended within the fibrovasular structure of the stroma that cause blue light to scatter. This is an example of the Tyndall effect.
p8BAp TIL Trakr, the hero dog of 9/11 who pulled the last survivor out of the smoking rubble of Ground Zero was cloned. Five Times.