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TIL the CIA Project to Overthrow the King of Egypt was Called Project FF (Fat Fucker)

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NwYN TIL that the world’s largest cocaine producer is Peru. It has dethroned Colombia.
Aj4g TIL Lake Toba is the largest volcanic eruption to have happened in the last 25 million years, and was believed to have killed most of the human race at the time, causing a population bottleneck which affects genetic diversity to this day.
VMdk TIL North Korea banned the movie “2012” because it coincides With Kim Il Sungs 100th birthday and because 2012 is the year they believe N Korea will rise as a superpower.
RkJw TIL the largest population of tigers in the world is in the USA. The number of tigers in captivity now exceeds that of wild tigers.
Z8pEp TIL Papua New Guinea has over 820 spoken languages making it the most linguistically diverse place on the planet.