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TIL There are over 2100 languages spoken natively in Africa making it the most linguistically diverse continent in the world

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XEdKX TIL that researchers have found a meteorite that is older then earth in Algeria; and is our only evidence of a protoplanet that existed before earth
nW4KW TIL Wild Rodents Will Run on Mouse Wheels if You Leave Them in the Woods
ZppE4 TIL: The Barrett Model M82 is the official rifle of the State of Tennessee
LkLPQ TIL that Ivory Coast built a church copied from the St. Peter's Basilica to surpass it as the highest church in the world. Upon completion the pope only agreed to consecrate it, if the overall height was lower than the Vatican Basilica and if there would be built a hospital next to it.
1OL7 TIL that an officer of the California highway patrol ,Sgt. Kevin Briggs, has stopped more then 200 people from committing suicide on the golden gate bridge.