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TIL the second most spoken first language in Brazil is German (various dialects)

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ePe6 TIL that male giraffes have sex with other males more frequently than they have sex with female giraffes.
yQ9A8 TIL Brown rice is the same grain as white rice, it just keeps it's outer hull
W7A6X TIL an “orphan drug” isn’t a drug without an owner — it’s a medicine developed for rare diseases so uncommon that drug companies wouldn’t make them without special government incentives.
KYo0R TIL Roy Benavidez, armed with a knife, went to assist a 12 man SF team who were surrounded by 1,000 NVA soldiers, and provided cover fire . After the battle he was evacuated, having 37 bayonet, bullet and shrapnel wounds, was presumed dead, and placed in a body bag, but was later found to be alive.
9YwLX TIL in the 1800s the dictator of Paraguay made it illegal for whites to marry other whites, creating a country where almost everyone was part Spanish, part native Guarani.