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TIL the country Papua New Guinea has over 840 languages spoken within the nation, by far the most in the world.

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16J04 TIL That there are clay pipes that wash up in The Thames, having been used for centuries as disposable, short-term pipes. They went out of favor with the rise of cigarettes.
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