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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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Mejob TIL that a genetic mutation in lionesses can lead to them growing a mane, giving their pride a higher status over other prides
W7Rko TIL the original script for Predator (1987) involved one soldier fighting the Predator. This bothered Arnold Schwarzenegger, so the story was redone to include a team of commandos.
P1aMO TIL Contrary to common belief, brain dominance theory is false. We can't be more right-brained or left-brained. While each side controls different aspects of thought & function, we use both sides equally to process our 50,000 thoughts per day (average number per day).
rNR4 TIL there is a man obsessed with accusing one of Google’s co-founders of the murder of Stanford graduate student May Zhou. You will find him in the comments of any Google related story…..
gMWnA TIL: Rebel Wilson pursued an acting career after she contracted malaria and hallucinated that she was a famous actress winning an Oscar.