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TIL False news travels faster than true stories on Twitter

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ldnB TIL There are only two countries in the world where 100% of the population are recorded as being English speakers. These are Gibraltar and Nauru.
dZy9 TIL there are hundreds of 1000-year-old underground tunnel systems in Bavaria, and nobody really knows who built them or what they’re for.
R7Zx4 TIL The Final Countdown had Mixed reactions from the Band. Even once released, the song was written as an opening for concerts, they didn't expect it to be a hit
78NWp TIL that in February 2025 a group of 8 beavers constructed a dam in the exact location that the Czech government had planned to build one. The initial project had been in the planning stage since 2018 and would have cost over $1.2 million.
Vaw8 TIL that in 2012 when Taylor Swift held a public vote for where she would visit and preform a free concert 4chan users voted for a childrens school for the deaf and won the vote.