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TIL French is an official language in 29 countries which makes it 2nd to English in terms of official language status

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D1kJD TIL After English, Latin is the most common language spoken by American Presidents, with 12 fluent presidents. Next is Greek with 7, French with 6, and German with 4. Also atleast one American president has been fluent in Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and Hebrew.
8mOV TIL the Grasshopper mouse is a carnivorous rodent that eats scorpions, snakes, and even kills and eats other mice. It also stalks its prey in the manner of a cat and defends its territory by ‘howling’ like a wolf while being immune to various venoms.
YpxxA TIL that Liberia, Myanmar and the United States of America are the only 3 countries not using the metric system.
0dmlA TIL a third of the metal used to make the Tokyo tower came from damaged American tanks from the Korean war (1950-1953).
KXd4 TIL That Salvador Dali and Walt Disney Collaborated and Made An Animation Together