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TIL that 150,000 people speak the native language of Corsican. Always thought they just speak French there.

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lGrB TIL that The Shawshank Redemption was a box office disappointment only earning $28.3 million in revenue
DQ9lv TIL in 524 BC took place one of the biggest gold heists in recorded history. Sifnos was one of the wealthiest islands in ancient Greece thanks to gold and silver mines when Samian political fugitives stole 100 talents of gold from Sifnos. In today's terms, that would be worth close to $100 million!
LaXQ TIL A US McDonald’s Medium cup is bigger than a Japanese large
lorB TIL whales are getting sun burns due to a weakened ozone layer
YpNZv TIL about "sexy primes", sets of prime numbers that vary from each other by 6. The name comes from a pun on the Latin word for six, which was sex. The lowest number set is (5,11), which is also today's date.