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TIL that there are more native Spanish speakers in the US than there are in Spain

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9DmM TIL Japan Airlines operates an exhibition of the 1985 plane crash, displaying passengers’ farewell notes, their personal belongings and 41 pieces of wreckage, as a safety lesson for its employees.
WNVX TIL in the MMO game, EVE Online, there’s a fleet (alliance of players) that names their space stations after spoilers from major TV shows, movies, games, etc. in order to deter enemy fleets from attacking them. (WARNING: Spoilers in the source)
4kLW5 TIL that Post first made Pop-Tarts, as the company had invented a process for dehydrating food and enclosing it in foil to keep it fresh, and they were called Country Squares. Because Post had revealed Country Squares before they were ready for market, Kellogg used the idea and created Pop-Tarts.
KVe6 TIL Sean Bean is tied for most deaths per film/tv show, and ranks 4th for most on-screen deaths of all time.
AErB TIL that some women have orgasms during childbirth.