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TIL there is a military soccer world cup and North Korea placed first in 2003

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kOmr1 TIL there were over 1 million native French speakers in Louisiana in 1968; today Louisiana French is considered an endangered language.
1abOW TIL Hitler suffered from presbyopia and secretly wore reading glasses. He avoided to be seen in public with glasses as he believed they would compromise his ability to capture people by means of mimic, gestures as well as of his expression
mxm8v TIL that the scientific name of the protein Titin is 189,819 letters long and would take about 3.5 hours to read outloud
mxPVR TIL NHL legend Maurice Richard was so beloved in Canada that he was named one of the inaugural members of the Order of Canada, had a short story written about him adapted into an animated film by the National Film Board, and was the first non-politician to be given a state funeral.
mxAYM TIL of the 'Banksy of Grammar', who at night would correct punctuation on shop fronts in the city of Bristol