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TIL Africa is reputed to be the most complex multilingual part of the world with over 2,086 indigenous languages. Consequently, most adult Africans are multilingual in their mother tongue, another indigenous and/or a widely spoken African language, and the language of their former colonizer

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mxgOp TIL about the Zambian Space Program of the 1960’s whose goal was going to Mars with a “Spacegirl”, two cats, and a Christian missionary.
KOZQE TIL about the Anti-Superstition Society of Chicago who, in 1962, awarded John Glenn (occupant of the 13th capsule in space) with a gold watch with each number replaced with the number 13. There were 13 senators attending, each paid $13.13 to be there, and it was held on Friday the 13th.
reow TIL a restaurant in Edinburgh held a charity hot curry eating contest that resulted in the first 10 contestants writhing in agony, panting, and vomiting, with one contestant being hospitalized twice. The 2nd group of contestants declined to participate.
6y7J TIL in 1982 as a protest against actions by the United States federal government, Key West in Florida seceded from and then declared war on the United States, surrendered one minute later and then applied for one billion dollars in foreign aid.
avYA TIL blowing air into woman’s vagina while she is pregnant can be potentially fatal.