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TIL that Justin Bieber has more followers on twitter than Canada has people (35,079,529) vs (35,002,400)

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QJZWM TIL Mughal Emperor Akbar faced rebellion from his clerics for entertaining Jesuits in his court.
GAg8J TIL During the Korean war, 600 British Soldiers were forced to hold off 30,000 Chinese troops for four days without reinforcement due to understating their situation to the American general in charge. Only 39 escaped with 500 taken prisoner.
m9jY TIL a model airplane crossed the Atlantic on one fuel tank. It flew from Canada to Ireland and landed with only 1.8 oz of fuel left. (2003)
W7k6d TIL that in 1912, after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, crewmen on its sister ship RMS Olympic went on strike over its small number and poor quality of lifeboats
R7w17 TIL Katy Perry, David Bowie, and Michael Keaton all use stage names in order to avoid confusion with Kate Hudson, Davy Jones, and Michael Douglas