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TIL a Harvard/Google study found the English language to contain 1,022,000 words

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QOme TIL the oldest unopened wine bottle in the world is from a 4th century Roman tomb
eppVD TIL that in 2011, Steven Seagal drove a tank into a house. Killing about 100 roosters and a puppy. He later said he did it because "Animal cruelty is one of my pet peeves"
P08E TIL CIA’s official motto is “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”
v16YR TIL that the smallest acting democracy in the world is that of the Pitcairn Islands, currently at a population count of 50 residents, who are descendants of a small collection of mutinous British sailors and Tahitian guests.
r1N0 TIL The organization (OCEARCH) that tagged 2 great white sharks off of Cape Cod in September has an interactive shark tracker on their website so you can see where Genie and Mary Lee are hanging out.