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TIL Astronauts only get paid about $70,000 starting out

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Bnby TIL That NOT France, but, with a population of over 79 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populated officially Francophone country in the world.
5Y8rD TIL of Justo Gallego Martinez, a 90+ year old man who built a cathedral for the last 60 decades using only scrap material he could find near the building site
E1WN7 TIL Hippopotamus Milk is Pink in Color. Hippopotamuses produce two unique skin secretions (so unique they're named after the animal), "hipposudoric acid" and its analog "norhipposudoric acid". It gives the hippopotamuses' sweat a red coloration, commonly believed to be blood (it's not).
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