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TIL- India is set to surpass China as the world's most populous country -- and much sooner than previously thought.

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Y7Zyd TIL In Finland, cab drivers are required by law to pay royalty fees for songs played on their taxi radio while working & conveying paying passengers. The reason being, cabbies use music for commerce while making a profit. A fixed sum is to be paid to the Finnish Composers' Copyright Society annually
wLDWo TIL that Nikola Tesla loathed round objects, wouldn't touch hair, and was obsessed with the number three
1YvV TIL That the walrus, despite seeming so lazy, actually sleeps the least of any animal. They can go up to 84 hours without sleep, all while swimming and hunting.
dDxYK TIL After staging a coup and seizing control of the Congolese government in 1965, the terrible dictator Mobutu went on to host The Rumble in the Jungle in 1974- arguably the greatest heavy-weight boxing match of all time between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, featuring the famous rope-a-dope.
eOOL TIL you don’t need to do anything special to legally change your last name in the UK. You just write on a piece of paper what your previous name was, what you want your new name to be, and get it signed by two people. Works for passports and everything.