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TIL that in 2022, there were born roughly a million more babies in Nigeria alone, than every single European country combined

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D1dKV TIL planned obsolescence is illegal in France; it is a crime to intentionally shorten the lifespan of a product with the aim of making customers replace it. In early 2018, French authorities used this law to investigate reports that Apple deliberately slowed down older iPhones via software updates.
LkJ9d TIL of 'Death by GPS,' or the deaths of people who follow their GPS systems off cliffs, into lakes, and deep into the desert. These deaths are mainly attributed to "uncritical acceptance of turn-by-turn commands and paying more attention to the navigation system than what is in front of them."
5ZwD TIL that the London Underground has evolved its own subspecies of mosquito.
lolNB TIL that a war between Greece and Bulgaria that killed a total of 171 people, began when a Greek soldier accidentally crossed the border chasing his runaway dog.
rR8w4 TIL Christmas was illegal in Massachusetts between 1659 and 1681