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TIL That NOT France, but, with a population of over 79 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populated officially Francophone country in the world.

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M4Mb TIL that Blue Fin Tuna is one of the largest Tuna in the world, a top predator that helps regulate our seas, and we’ve almost driven it to complete extinction.
yLxX TIL that in the World’s Quietest Room, you could actually hear your own stomach, inner ear, and even the sounds emitted from a cellphone’s display.
vGBR TIL that cats (mainly female) bring you dead animals such as mice because they don’t think you could have caught one on your own, all to teach you their hunting wisdom under natural instinct
Jr7k TIL that the USPS is a year older than the United States
YJxW TIL at the height of the Irish Potato Famine in 1847, almost 4,000 ships carried food from Ireland to England and Scotland while 400,000 Irish died of starvation and related diseases. The same year, a Native American tribe sent $710 to help ease the suffering.