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TIL that in Greenland they speak Greenlandic.

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5YKyD TIL of Lee Ellis, a Canadian man who evaded police to give water/food to pets left behind during the May 3, 2016 wildfire evacuation in Fort McMurray, Alberta. He and his buddy managed to help dozens of pets before getting forced to evacuate by police.
p8YOb TIL of the Edward Mukuka Nkoloso, who led Zambian space program in 1960s, attempting to beat US and Soviets to the Moon.
R6kw TIL a small lake in Africa killed 1,700 villagers and 3,500 livestock overnight when it suddenly released 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide, suffocating everything within 16 miles. Scientists still don’t know what triggered the event.
rNp9d TIL Pablo Picasso was suspected of stealing the Mona Lisa
YpRLx TIL that Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda are working towards merging into one country, the East African Federation, which would be the 10th largest country in the world.