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TIL that according to the CIA factbook, 12% of the world's languages are concentrated in Papua New Guinea, that contains more than 839 distinct languages.

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78VVZ TIL the Métis language Michif combines the verbs from Cree and nouns from French (altered a bit). It is spoken in the Canadian prairies and the language is being revived.
DBkJ TIL that Hugh Jackman went without water for 36 hours before filming the opening scene of “Les Mis”.
9wpAG TIL all Star Wars funkopops are bobbleheads because Hasbro owns the rights to making all Star Wars figures that aren't bobbleheads
nedP TIL there is a material that is so dense, “if you had a cubic centimeter…, it would weigh 40 billion tons.”
M7RV8 TIL the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th US Presidents lived past 80 years old. The next 25 in a row died before reaching 80.