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TIL Metabolism in adulthood does not slow until the age of 60

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dDwVZ TIL French is Cameroon’s most widely spoken language, but only 56% of Cameroonians speak it
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djx9 TIL Pancho Villa’s last words before he died were: “Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.”
QJK8X TIL that Arkansas and Kansas are derived from similarly named Native American tribes, but Arkansas took the French spelling while Kansas used the English spelling. The "s" at the end of French words is usually silent. This is why the two almost identical words are pronounced differently.
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