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TIL that the largest Francophone metropolis in the world is not Paris, but actually Kinshasa (pop. 12.69 million), the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Kk6a TIL Most batteries can be thrown away normally and don’t need special recycling ever since US congress banned the sale of batteries containing mercury
96LQ TIL that Froot Loops are different colors, but they are all the same favor.
NXAxe TIL why the traffic lights are red yellow green ; the first LED were ever created was red and then green was invented and the mix of two is yellow and the blue LED took 30+ years to get invented and thus creating RGB light and the modern color panels ..,
Amw4 TIL scientists found a tomato plant on a 40 year old volcanic island. They were dumbfounded as to how it got there. It turned out that it grew from the poop that a scientist had taken on the island.
KrbJ TIL when Harvey Weinstein wanted to edit Princess Mononoke to make it more marketable its director, Miyazaki, sent Weinstein a katana with a message stating “No cuts.”