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TIL the Dominican Republic has had 39 constitutions since 1844, the most of any country

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4kD5X TIL ageism is self fulfilling
gMQr7 TIL In 1566, celestial phenomena were said to have "fought" together in the form of numerous red and black balls in the sky before the rising sun. The phenomenon has been interpreted by some ufologists to be a sky battle between unidentified flying objects
Vg74 TIL that only 171,300 tonnes of gold has ever been mined in human history (by comparison, The United States gets 5.6 million tonnes of aluminium a year alone) and that 85% of all gold ever found is still used.
1O14 TIL a whale known as “the world’s loneliest whale” is the only one known to produce “songs” at 52Hz. Although the sonic signature is that of a whale, the frequency is unique in no other whale uses it to answer back. His songs were first detected in 1992. A 50-day search for him will start this Fall.
VMMGZ TIL African wild dogs actually have a hunting success rate of 15.5%, not 85% like previously assumed.