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TIL Japan has the shortest national anthem in the world - it has only 4 lines and 32 characters.

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4kAN6 TIL when dinosaurs roamed Earth, there were active volcanoes on the moon
4Oo6 TIL Barbera and Hanna experimented with Hillbillies, Romans, Pilgrims, and Indians before settling on the Stone Age for their cartoon “The Flagstones”, which later became “The Flintstones”.
womvo TIL Drizzle is actually a distinct form of precipitation from rain, consisting of liquid water drops smaller than those of rain – generally smaller than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter.
gMB9 TIL on August 25, 1914, in retaliation for Belgium’s guerrilla tactics in defending their country, German troops burned Leuven’s University Library, destroying hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable medieval-period books, manuscripts, and treasures.
dDred TIL the tallest mountain in Tahiti (Mont Orohena, 2241 metres) is taller than the tallest mountain in Australia (Mount Kosciuszko, 2228 metres). This is despite Tahiti's land area of just 1000 sq km (400 sq miles) compared to Australia's area of 7.6 million sq km (2.9 million sq miles)!