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TIL All of Nicholas Sparks’ books (author of The Notebook) have been New York Times bestsellers.

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ANkVB TIL native americans were the first people to turn raccoon body parts into hats and european pioneers copied the fashion
jN95n TIL While accounting for merely 3% of Taiwan’s total land area, Yushan National Park has half of Taiwan’s native plant species growing within its boundaries. In surveys, there are 2,522 different kinds of plants found in the park
Z8d7D TIL "Bir Tawil" is one of the few places on Earth not claimed by any country. An American trekked there and claimed it in 2014 as the Kingdom of North Sudan so he could make his daughter a princess.
Bdad TIL that in 1000, Spain had over 5,000,000 Muslims. By 1614, every Muslim was either forced to convert, leave, or be killed by Catholic monarchs.
PPbg TIL Raven adolescents leave their homes to join gangs, showing increased stress levels, kind of like human teenagers