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TIL that most maps are lying to you about how big Africa really is. It’s so big that it can hold the US, Mexico, China, Western Europe and most of India.

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dD4B9 TIL a leech can survive on one feeding every five years if it is kept refrigerated.
VMRKm TIL on august 10, 2018, an airplane was stolen from Sea–Tac Airport in Washington by 29-y-old Richard Russell, a ground service agent with no piloting experience. He flew around for 1h15min, kept radio contact, did a succesfull barrel roll, then crashed on an island purposely, killing only himself
MK50 TIL Keanu Reeves was born in Beirut, Lebanon.
nW8kd TIL That Crows Can Count Aloud Much Like Toddlers.
GLnj TIL the creator of the American incarnation of Mothers Day’s later denounced the holiday and tried to have it removed from the national calendar because it became too commercialized.