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TIL there is a Hatian martial art called machete fencing

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wLYJ1 TIL It is approximated that there are twice as many non-native speakers of English than native speakers. As a result, though Mandarin has the largest number of native speakers, English has the largest total number of speakers as well as largest number of non-native speakers.
9YwMB TIL that all US astronauts since 2011 have to speak Russian.
LmgV TIL of a proposed project that would have united both hemispheres on a single train line, complete with a tunnel under the Bering Strait.
7GPP TIL in WW2, the British navy rescued a German cat that was floating on the wreckage of a sinking battleship. The cat went on to “serve” aboard several British ships and survived two additional sinkings
7vOZ TIL half of American adults are in a law enforcement face recognition network. Its use is almost completely unregulated, as most agencies don’t even require suspicion of criminal activity before using the database for identification.