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TIL Despite being in South America, Portuguese (not Spanish!) is the most spoken language in Brazil.

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yayX TIL the best female sniper of all time was a 24 year-old Russian WWII soldier named Lyudmila Pavlichenko. She left university in Ukraine during her senior year to begin “hunting Nazis” after the Third Reich invaded the country.
0dZ9y TIL that in Hungary in the 1940's, while the country was experiencing the worst hyperinflation in recorded history, they issued a bank note with a denomination of 100 quintillion Hungarian pengős, which was worth approximately US $0.20.
gM8my TIL Cuddling has about the same effect on the brain as taking painkillers
6EJdY TIL that most of the 9/11 hijackers had no idea that they were on a suicide mission. Evidence shows that the majority likely believed that they were taking the planes hostage as a means of leveraging the release of Al-Qaeda prisoners. Only the men trained to fly the planes knew the truth.
16oWd TIL that when Prince died "Within three weeks of his death, 700 people claimed to be half-siblings or descendants."