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TIL French is Cameroon’s most widely spoken language, but only 56% of Cameroonians speak it

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npxY TIL an early Soviet space station, Salyut 3, was fitted with a space cannon which was test fired at the end of the stations operations.
OG8jR TIL That North American Aviation took the P-51 from concept to working prototype in only 102 days.
DQL6P TIL the US got rid of seasonal clock changes in the 70s and everyone hated it and quickly went back to the clock changes.
R5rl1 TIL that in 2007-08, The Wiggles were Australia's highest paid entertainers - earning a gross income of $45mil - beating out Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, and Cate Blanchett
vPdL7 TIL: If you end up taking a robocaller company to court under TCPA laws, a common counter claim is a "manufactured claims" defense, because it's often necessary to bait the scammers to get the required information from them in the first place.