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TIL there are more Norwegians in America than there are in Norway

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pWl8 TIL that French grammarian Dominique Bouhours’s last words are “I am about to – or I am going to – die: either expression is correct.”
dDVE9 TIL of the "NanoHedgehog" - a molybdene compound that is large enough to be compared with proteins
vvPK TIL that several people have successfully used the “Matrix defense” in court, claiming that they are part of a computer simulation, and a conspiracy against them caused them to commit their crimes.
XELBP TIL people with Bipolar are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol due to the initial effects of the drug temporarily relieving the effects caused from the disorder, making them more likely to develop addictions
r5BM TIL that the largest known fossil spider is only about half the size of its modern relatives. (Meaning that the biggest spiders that exist today might be biggest spiders that have ever existed…)