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TIL that the Spain National Anthem has no official lyrics because they could not find an agreement on which ones to use.

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JY6Kv TIL steam is an invisible gas. If you can see it, it’s not steam, it is condensation.
D1XOv TIL, The truth behind an online 'Blue Whale Challenge' which is also known as 'suicide challenge'. The "Blue Whale challenge" was reported to be an online "suicide game" aimed at teenagers which set 50 tasks over 50 days. The challenge was alleged to be linked to numerous deaths around the world.
vPKMx TIL that Rwanda is ranked as Africa's 3rd least corrupt country, and is ranked higher than more developed countries like China, Romania, Argentina, and Hungary
LkVBr TIL that the panther is not a species of its own. Panthers in Africa and Asia are simply melanistic leopards, while panthers in the Americas are melanistic jaguars.
gJAb TIL that China has a limit of 34 Hollywood movies imported per year. This is why movie directors try to protagonise China in their movies to try and get their movie into one of the 34 (eg The Martian where China helps NASA).