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TIL 49.2% of the population of Niger is under 15 years of age.

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d9D7 TIL that many laundry detergents use chemical trickery to make clothes appear whiter. They contain agents called optical brighteners that glow blue under florescent and incandescent light, making clothes appear whiter than they actually are. Incidentally, this trick does not work under LED lights.
oBNRr TIL the PT Cruiser is considered the most unsafe car in recent years, so unsafe that warnings were actually issued about it.
9wD0Q TIL Harry Shearer, Voice of Mr. Burns, Turns 81 - The Age Burns Claimed He Was
J1DrV TIL that the Columbine massacre was actually a failed bombing. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold planted bombs and attempted to blow up the school and kill hundreds of people but they failed and instead did the shooting.
JV1Q TIL cigarette filters are printed to look like cork.