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TIL that Ethiopia, a country in Eastern Africa, has a population of 110 million people and is twice the size of the US state of Texas

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6EGxJ TIL that Calvin & Hobbes are based on the philosophers John Calvin & Thomas Hobbes
R7NAw TIL that only 7 companies in the world control almost every single beauty product you buy. These 7 conglomerates own around 182 brands across the globe. They also are responsible for advertising and the way we think about beauty.
xV9W0 TIL St. Bernard rescue dogs never carried brandy barrels. The trope comes from an 1820 painting done by a 17 year old.
ANpno TIL: that Hisayuki Machii, the founder of one of Japan's most notorious Yakuza gangs, was Korean.
OG0ZX TIL that golfer Brooks Koepka (born 1990) is the first golfer born after 1975 to win 5 major championships.