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TIL that Euskara, also known as the Basque language, is one of the oldest languages spoken on Earth and has no proven connection to any other known language.

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a8nG9 TIL that along the Egyptian–Sudanese border, there is a peace of land, Bir Tawil, claimed by neither country. Egypt assert that it belongs to Sudan, and Sudan assert that it belongs to Egypt.
vPM9x TIL that San Marino claims to be the oldest extant sovereign state and the oldest constitutional republic. Founded in 301 AD, It is named after Saint Marinus, a stonemason from the Roman island of Rab (in present-day Croatia), who established a monastic community on Monte Titano.
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