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TIL New York City is the most linguistically diverse city in the world, with as many as 800 spoken languages

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DQDEJ TIL Apollo astronauts carried up an RPG to the moon and fired it
N7gmP TIL about the Berlin Conference in 1884. 14 European countries held a 6 month long conference to formally divide Africa, so they an invade, overthrow existing governments, and pillage without fighting among each other. By 1902 90% of the continent was owned by European countries.
9YpbX TIL - Alien Hand Syndrome where "A 77-year-old woman [observed] her left hand moving without her knowledge while watching television. Her left hand stroked her face and hair as if somebody was controlling it."
Mm97 TIL because of its very low freezing point, whale oil saw widespread use in the aerospace industry.
nWnVb TIL out of the 50 U.S. states, 46 allow a person to just decide their name has changed & start using the new one with no paperwork required.