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TIL: The Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are separate countries

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5YNQk TIL BORTAC is the tactical unit of the United States Border Patrol and is equivalent to SWAT. Members have operated in 28 countries around the world. They've been used as event security for the Super Bowl and to assist in quelling civil unrest in the United States
ADA6g TIL The Neptunes (Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo) produced 43 percent of songs on the radio in the US at one point in 2003
LQOwd TIL there’s types of wasps that hijack the growth process of a tree’s leaves to make it grow a home for their larvae
E1gGW TIL the most powerful commercial radio station ever was WLW (700KHz AM), which during certain times in the 1930s broadcasted 500kW radiated power. At night, it covered half the globe. Neighbors within the vicinity of the transmitter heard the audio in their pots, pans, and mattresses.
PYPLJ TIL in 1941 the owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles NFL teams swapped franchises, meaning all players relocated and the teams were renamed. Despite the 1940 Eagles and 1941 Eagles being completely different teams, the NFL considers them one unbroken entity.