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TIL that Cameroon has at least 250 recognised languages, although English and French are the country's two official languages

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v1MKR TIL that spiders do not sleep, instead they lower their metabolic rate during periods of inactivity to conserve energy. Nor do they blink.
8xaV TIL Cryos, the world’s largest sperm bank, has started turning down redheaded donors because there is too little demand for their sperm
7reDx TIL A WW2 pigeon named Mary of Exeter survived an assassination attempt by a German warhawk, was shot, hit with shrapnel, and survived a bombing of her loft while delivering messages across the English Channel to France.
1agpO TIL that scientists in San Diego, CA have successfully genetically modified certain cancer cells to destroy other ones, using antibody therapy. The modified cells are transformed into super-charged immune cells.
OoDX4 TIL that removing lead from gasoline is thought to be one of the big factors that lead to the drop in the violent crime rate in America in the 1990s