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TIL Java is the most populous island in the world with 148M people, 44M more than the island with the second most, Honshu.

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WkDZB TIL There are secret albino Redwood trees growing in some State Parks
wLn5Y TIL that in 1642, Connecticut settler George Spencer was suspected of bestiality when a local pig birthed a piglet that resembled Spencer. He confessed, and they hanged both George and the pig. Another settler was later convicted of the same crime, named Thomas Hogg.
oJlA TIL the world-famous Zildjian musical instrument company, which started in 1623 in Turkey and moved to the US in 1929, is widely recognized as the oldest family owned business in America.
LmZm TIL one of the biggest drug lords in history was a woman who built Miami by giving her money to banks, killed two of her husbands, made $80 mil, sold drugs for 50 years, and set the standard for drug trade which led to Pablo Escobar’s success. She only served ten years in prison.
lZaa TIL: 80% of N.W.A.’s Straight outta Compton sales were in the suburbs, beyond the boundaries of black neighborhoods.