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TIL In 1900 Europe had a 1/4 of the world's population; by 2050 Europe is predicted to have just 7 per cent of the world's population

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BrxnW TIL there are more people in modern Italy than in the entire Roman empire at its peak
LkxQ0 TIL of Pheasant Island in the Bidasoa River on the French-Spanish border. For over 350 years, the island has spent 6 months being a part of Spain and 6 months being a part of France.
xbB5 TIL Stephen Colbert is a devout Catholic and Sunday school teacher.
JYl6j TIL about “The Mother’s Kiss”, a procedure in which one nostril is closed while a caregiver blows into a child’s mouth, removing a foreign object from the open nostril.
e01gJ TIL The McRib is made using a process invented by the US Army to create low cost meat for soldiers