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TIL France has detonated nearly 200 nuclear bombs in the South Pacific, the last of which was in 1996

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dmoQ TIL 800 different languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city on Earth.
XEgyQ TIL of Slowworms and legless lizards. A category if reptiles which are not related to snakes and independently lost their limbs. They have a number of different features from snakes, such as more developed ears and eyes.
VMa1p TIL When author Flannery O'Connor had a high school assignment to sew a dress, she made one for her pet duck, which she then brought to school to model it.
JYwvV TIL Oasis didn't take part in making the soundtrack for "Trainspotting", because Noel Gallagher thought the film was about actual trainspotters.
9L9r TIL of the Rosenhan Experiment, a study that showed that many doctors in psychiatric hospitals cannot actually distinguish people with actual mental illness from those faking it.