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TIL that India now has the world's largest population.

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NX8j1 TIL U.S. cash often contains traces of cocaine and other drugs, leading to innocent people having their money seized after drug-sniffing dogs detect traces. In 1994, a court ruled that widespread drug contamination of money in Los Angeles meant dog alerts alone didn’t justify forfeiture.
Y7eYP TIL scientists in 2002 reconstructed and synthesized a visual pigment gene present in the last common ancestor of birds and crocodiles (archosaurs).
WkJ8o TIL that if you wanted to see every piece of art in The Louvre in one visit, and you spent 30 seconds observing each piece, it would take you over a month, and that’s assuming you were there 24/7 and took no breaks & didn’t sleep.
GY04J TIL The Hawaiian Kingdom sells government bonds similar to US government bonds, but they can only be redeemed after "the United States of America's military occupation of the Hawaiian Islands has come to an end"
9YR6D TIL L Ron Hubbard holds the Guinness World Record for most books published over a lifetime, with over a thousand books.