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TIL 24 out of the 56 countries and states of Africa are in a war or military conflict

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KOgmJ TIL that the largest single organism on the planet is not a blue whale - it is a "Humongous Fungus" called Armillaria ostoyae, located in Oregon, U.S. It is estimated it weighs 440 tons (the size of three blue whales) and is 2400 years old.
LVLv TIL South Africa developed nuclear weapons and then dismantled them for the sake of peace.
4XEW6 TIL the most decorated American unit in history is the 442nd Infantry Regiment, which was almost entirely made up of Japanese Americans. Out of the 14,000 who served, 9,486 earned the Purple Heart and 21 earned the Medal of Honor. The unit itself was awarded 8 Presidential Unit Citations.
E8OW TIL that Pluto had not completed one full orbit between the time it was discovered and when it was declassified as a planet.
N4ee TIL the way Dr. Seuss pronounced his name was that it rhymed with “voice”