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TIL that in the total Western Hemisphere, there is only about a little over 1 Billion people.

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x6BR7 TIL in 1972 Canada had a contest to complete the saying "As Canadian as..." The winner was Heather Scott who answered "As Canadian as possible under the circumstances."
PYJNn TIL Namarrkon is an important creation ancestor (in Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) N. Territory, Australia) who is responsible for the violent lightning storms that occur every tropical summer -- And he looks like an alien.
P1OEg TIL in 2022 China experienced its first drop in population since 1961. It had a record low birth rate of 6.77 births per 1,000 while also recording its highest death rate since 1976: 7.37 deaths per 1,000 people.
GaN7 TIL that in 2014, the asthma medication albuterol sulfate jumped in price from $11 for 2 tablets to $434, an increase of almost 4,000%.
grVb4 TIL AOL Time Warner lost $98.7 billion in 2002, still the worst annual loss in corporate history