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TIL that Nigeria has the 3rd largest film industry in the world in terms of earnings. It is nicknamed ‘Nollywood’.

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P1pWO TIL that one of the lead characters in Glee was exposed by his ex for owning CSAM and killed himself after pleading guilty
69EWQ TIL that scavengers are stealing WW2 shipwrecks to sell because the steel in those ships was made before atomic bomb detonations and are free of radiation contamination so it can be used to manufacture sensitive scientific and medical devices.
7J0Z TIL “Boko Haram” means “Western education is forbidden” in English. Mohammed Yusuf, the group’s first leader, has stated that he does not believe that the Earth is a sphere, nor does he believe that evaporation causes rain.
LkV6Z TIL that 50 years ago, the sugar industry quietly paid off some scientists to point blame at fat for heart diseases
Wwo8 TIL that the technical name for the division sign (÷) is “Obelus”