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TIL The 13th day of the month is very slightly more likely to be a Friday than any other day of the week

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nWXyd TIL that the use of the term "ship" or "shipping" to refer to a fandom wanting two or more people, either real or fictional, to be in a romantic relationship originated from online fans of the X-Files in the 90s who believed that Fox Mulder and Dana Scully should get together
Zp0np TIL Nigeria is projected to have almost 800 million people by the year 2100
rgKe TIL During WW2 Joe Medicine Crow, a native American, completed all four feats required to be a war chief: touching an enemy without killing him, taking an enemy’s weapon, leading a war party and stealing 50 horses from the SS, singing a Crow honour song as he rode away.
oByko TIL the panda ant (Euspinolia militaris), so-called because of its black and white alternating coloration, is actually a species of wasp found in the forests of Chile and Argentina. They are known to deliver a very painful sting when they attack. Females are wingless and males have wings.
KYy4B TIL Ken Smith lived as a hermit in the Scottish Highlands. After 40 years of isolation he travelled to Glasgow to attend the premier of a film made about his life as a hermit.