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TIL Paraguay is the only country in the Americas where more people speak a native language than a colonial one (90% Guarani vs 87% Spanish)

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d85YB TIL how to perform the Heimlich manouver on yourself... Because you deserve to live.
MeRd8 TIL that Germany has launched a rocket with yeast on board into space. When the rocket returns the yeast will be used to make beer. Making it effectively space beer.
D1Y7g TIL of the most rural post office in the US; the Supai Post Office is at the bottom of the Grand Canyon and is serviced by a mule train that takes 2.5 hours to reach it. It services the Havasupai reservation and demonstrates the obligation of the US Postal System to service every community.
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woeDM TIL of Flavius Josephus (Yosef Ben Matityahu), one the most famous Jewish historians ever, that meticulously documented the Great Jewish revolt and the destruction of the second temple, categorising different groups of zealots and thier leaders, which they, even 2000 years ago were seen as extreme