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TIL that Tahiti is the first and only nation other than Australia and New Zealand to win the OFC Men’s Nations Cup

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yVKGv TIL the year is 2079, in Nepal
VBOV8 TIL 95% of Londoners live within 400m of a bus stop
p8pMG TIL the four-term Democratic governor of Alabama, George Wallace, famous for his hard-line segregationist views and his four presidential campaigns, renounced his past racial views and ran for his final term in 1982, winning with over 90% of the Black vote.
neP6Y Today I learned that the genome of Golden Delicious apples has been mapped, and they have over twice as many genes as humans (57,000 genes vs. 25,000 genes).
7rMeO TIL - Reindeer are the only species of the family cervidae where both males and females develope antlers. But this isnt the best part. Males loose their antlers in autumn, while females keep theirs until spring of the following year. This means Rudolph and all of santas reindeer are female!