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TIL in Alaska, lakes outnumber humans by more than 4:1

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mRAR TIL that so many people died by ringing church bells in storms, due to the belief that it would disperse thunder, that the practice was banned by the Parlement of Paris
nWnwo TIL: The hyphens over Chinese vowels, when written using the Latin alphabet, describes how to properly pronounce the vowels in Chinese. Eg. à goes from high tonality to low
Q1dL TIL Algeria’s national anthem was first written in blood inside a prison cell wall by an Algerian revolutionary while imprisoned by the French colonial regime.
ANlw TIL around 50 wild yellow-headed amazons live in the German city of Stuttgart, the only population outside of the Americas. It is unclear how they survive the winters.
9YaAM TIL about Paricutin, a 424 meter volcano born in a Mexican cornfield in 1943. By 1944 two nearby villages were abandoned. 3 people died after being struck by lightning generated by the eruptions. It’s been dormant since 1952.