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TIL The Great Famine of Ireland caused such a significant population decline that it still hasn't recovered, 180 years later

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X0k5Q TIL Swedish record producer Max Martin is the songwriter with the third-most number-one singles on the chart, behind Paul McCartney and John Lennon
loloa TIL There’s an American in Colorado that is convinced that he’s the rightful heir to the British Monarchy
epZl5 TIL that Nauru, the third smallest country in the world (8sq miles) had a 10 year civil war in 1878 that saw the island's population fall from ~1500 to >1000, sparked by the introduction of firearms. It eventually ended when the German Empire intervened and confiscated >700 rifles.
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