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TIL: There are only 3 modern city-states in our world. Singapore, Monaco and Vatican City.

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DEdg TIL that the Berber people of North Africa are genetically similar to the Sami people of Northern Scandinavian. Despite the fact both are considered indigenous to each respective area. The gentic link dates back 9,000 years.
wLJ0W TIL around 10% of the population of Canada were infected by the 2009 Swine Flu
Mpnb TIL that the time traveling machine in Back to the Future was originally supposed to be a refrigerator, but director Robert Zemeckis feared that children would climb into their home fridges and suffocate themselves so they went with the DeLorean instead.
J1w1m TIL The song we associate with circuses was originally composed as a Czech marching song for the Austin-Hungarian Empire. Originally titled “Entrance of the Gladiators,” when adapted to wind instruments, it became “Thunder and Blazes.”
mKop TIL that monarch butterflies seem to remember an ancient mountain that used to stand where Lake Superior is now, and they still veer around that long-gone obstacle during their migration flight across the lake.