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TIL France has its longest border towards Brazil.

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GAJ57 TIL Chamorro is the language spoken by the majority of Guam's residents followed by Filipino languages like Kapampangan
Bg7Wk TIL that the former owner Starbucks Howard Schultz was once an employee who left the company after his coffee shop idea was turned down, and later bought it for $3.8 million and turned it into the world’s biggest coffee retailer.
WmMo TIL in the 8th century, under pressure from the Arabs and Byzantines to convert to either Islam or Christianity, many of the Khazar nobility converted to Judaism.
OojM6 TIL a Nuclear Ballistic Missile was almost launched from McConnell Air Force Base in 1980 because a technician loaded the wrong data into a computer. The crew was able to avoid the launch after switching off the main power to the building.
8eAxP TIL in 2003 the BBC aired a promotion for it's drama programming featuring a woman falling off a cliff while a couple nearby watch with the tagline "Everyone likes to watch." It was pulled after 3 airings on the same day.