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TIL that Africa's average population is the youngest amongst all continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median was 30.4.

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lBrG TIL prisoners in China are reportedly being forced to gold mine in games like WOW to build up credits that prison guards can trade for real money
rR5yo TIL that from 1838 until 1976 it was lawful to "exterminate" Mormons in Missouri (Executive Order 44)
9wZZm TIL that Chris Farley completed most of his recordings for Shrek, and some of that audio was released.
d8QKQ TIL Galileo was a prolific writer of scientific dialogues and the first entirely new translation of his major writings for more than fifty years was only published in 2012
l7PVA TIL that water tasters were people who tasted a patient's urine in order to help diagnose diabetes, the term mellitus (honey) was added because of the urine's sweet flavor.