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TIL Nigeria is projected to have almost 800 million people by the year 2100

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WWnd TIL The Austrian wine market collapsed in 1985 when it was discovered winemakers were adding antifreeze to artificially sweeten the wine.
Mejob TIL that a genetic mutation in lionesses can lead to them growing a mane, giving their pride a higher status over other prides
R7rR7 TIL that Henry Ford used his personal newspaper, The Dearborn Independent, to argue that "the Jew" had caused WWI. He placed these newspapers in every new Model T automobile.
jN10j TIL in South Korea, anyone caught leaving anonymous comment on a blog with more than 100,000 readers can receive a five-year prison term. All comments must use a real name.
l6AA TIL the Rhinoceros Party was a registered party in Canada during 1960s to 90s, led by Cornelius, a rhinoceros, and promised to repeal the law of gravity and change Canada’s currency to bubble gum, so it could be inflated or deflated at will.