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TIL The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh alone has a population of around 235 million, one bigger than Nigeria or Brazil.

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W7g8A TIL many English words and phrases are loaned from Chinese merchants interacting with British sailors like "chop chop," "long time no see," "no pain no gain," "no can do," and "look see"
9wPNG TIL Joseph Christmas, the first white American to explore the Grand Canyon, thought it worthless to visitors, writing, "The region is valueless. After entering there is nothing to do but leave. Ours has been the first and will doubtless be the last party of whites to visit this profitless locality."
ADj4o TIL, (that) ticks "can be submerged in water for 2-3 days," and that it's best to tape a 'removed' tick to an index card incase physical problems arise from said tick bite, and can be sent off to a lab for analysis.
WkMJA TIL Brown bats, with 20 hours of sleep, sleep the most of any animal. Giraffes can go for weeks without napping, needing 30 minutes to fully recharge.
jN7ov TIL that 90% of the earth's human population lives in the Northern Hemisphere