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TIL that ancient Singapore Stone was written in an unknown language, and may never be deciphered.

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ANGEo TIL that Brazil has the most native deer species in the Americas. There are eight of them, divided into four genus: White-tailed Deer, Pampas Deer, Marsh Deer, and brockets.
7x5b TIL: if officials awarded Lance Armstrong’s 2005 Tour De France title to the next fastest cyclist who has never been caught doping, they’d have to give it to the 23rd place finisher.
5YxY9 TIL in 1614 a Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga stabbed a Spanish soldier in Acapulco, Mexico as recorded by the grandson of an Atztec nobleman.
w6WJ TIL Germany has a program targeted at pedophiles who have yet to commit crimes. The goal is to help them find treatment, because many don’t want to harm others.
OLQ6 TIL The US is 15th on the list of countries which believe that “The US government respects the freedom of its people.”