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TIL: Students use the Conakry Intl Airport parking lot lights to study as it is one of the few illuminated public places in a country that only 5% has access to electricity

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dKBE TIL that a blue whale’s blood vessels are wide enough for a human to swim through.
d80JE TIL There is a Japanese Historical Revisionist Movement that pushes false narrative that Japan was trying to liberate Asia from Western Powers in WWII omitting atrocities committed by Japan.
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9wl4G TIL of the Central Pangean Mountains - at its greatest elevation was comparable to the Himalayas. It's remnants include the Appalachians mountains in North America, Atlas range in Africa and the Caledonites in Europe.