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TIL there is a radio station in Somalia that has given away assault rifles and hand grenades to children as competition prizes

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ADE0o TIL that the 4.6 billion streams of "Despacito" used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic.
nPKP TIL that a parrot named Echo was put into witness protection after testifying against its owner leading to their arrest
dy4E TIL the entire petrol and diesel requirement for America could be provided by 3.8 million hectares of algael blooms producing biofuel. To put this into perspective America already has 182 million hectares of land for crop production.
P1Z9O TIL: Fish VS Fishes. Fish is used for plural fish of same species. Fishes is plural for multiple fish of different species.
Oowwa TIL about the concept of distillery cats - cats who are employed by distilleries to get rid of mice