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TIL the U.S has more Spanish speakers than Spain.

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B8Vx TIL George Orwell’s 1984 which condemns totalitarianism in a police state, is readily available in China, having been translated 13 times from 1985 to 2012
OojW4 TIL a German stranger in a street interview predicted Germany's 7-1 win over Brazil in 2014
mbZM TIL in 2006 a schoolboy in England realeased a balloon with a note, it traveled 240kms, landing in then Prime Minister Tony Blair’s holiday home garden, who sent it back with a letter.
d8OPQ TIL David “Gypsy” Chain, a 24 year old environmental activist who protested against logging of redwood trees. He was killed by a falling tree intentionally chopped down by a logger. Despite evidence of the logger threatening to kill the protestors, the district attorney didn’t press any charges.
JQ9Q TIL, in India, it is illegal to know the sex of the child before its birth!