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TIL that 6 years ago, one of the islands that make up Papua New Guinea voted overwhelmingly to become their own Independent Nation, and will become officially recognised as it's own country in September of 2027.

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5YeEp TIL an ant mega-colony exists across 3 continents and is thought to contain billions of ants, all of which recognise each other to be from the same colony. The largest part of the colony is in Europe and is thought to spread 6,000km (3,700 miles) along the Mediterranean coast
a8W8M TIL insurance companies buy insurance for each individual insurance policy. Recursively.
nQoP TIL that more than 85% of Warsaw’s historic centre was reduced to ruins in the second world war; the city was then reconstructed from the 18th century cityscapes of the Venetian painter Bernardo Bellotto
xVEV5 TIL that the real color of the sun is white. It just appears yellow to us due to earths atmosphere scattering the higher wavelengths of light.
4vGN TIL that during the Kuwaiti Oil Fires of 1991, Hungarian troops made a fire extinguisher out of a pair of jet engines. Mounted on a tank.