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TIL of the Republic of Chad, which is the fifth-largest country in Africa and the twentieth largest nation by area in the world.

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8e1YX TIL that reindeer eyes change colour through the seasons. Their eyes are gold during the summer and blue in the winter. This change helps them see better in the varying levels of light in their Arctic habitat.
AN95g TIL that Marie Antoinette adopted Jean Amilcar, an enslaved Senegalese child. She released him from slavery and sent him to a boarding school, paying his fees until her execution.
Eg8X TIL in a psychological study on homophobia it was discovered that homophobic men were more aroused by gay porn than the control group. Arousal was measured in terms of erection intensity.
4kvAb TIL the 2008 writers’ strike resulted in the first season of Breaking Bad being two episodes shorter and prevented the killing off of Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), who had originally been planned for elimination during the first season.
d8xLr TIL actors Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland got married only 10 days after first meeting. 6 weeks later on location filming ‘Kiss Me, Stupid,’ Sellers inhaled poppers before sex with Ekland in search of “the ultimate orgasm” and suffered 8 heart attacks in 3 hours, forcing withdrawal from the film.