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TIL the long extinct Dodo derives its name from Dutch exlporers, which loosely translates to ‘Fat Ass’.

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aw0QN TIL that because because Vatican City is only 0.44 square kilometers, and is home to one pope, they have a Pope density of 2.27 Popes per square kilometer.
8aOv8 TIL There is a Virtual Museum of Soviet Repression in Belarus. It covers a part of Belarusian history which is mainly excluded from current Belarusian official historiography by presenting recordings of inhabitants who report on their personal experiences with Repression during the Soviet time
l7807 TIL that the Sega Saturn was Sega's best-selling console in Japan and even outsold the Nintendo 64 in that region
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