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TIL the Danish Language is so difficult to learn, that Danish children take longer to learn to speak than children from other countries.

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16OeV TIL that the rivalry between the neighboring cities of Minneapolis and St Paul was once so strong that during the 1890 US Census, each city began arresting or kidnapping the other's census takers in order to curb their rival's population.
9wOg7 TIL that there's a species of ant called "Colobopsis explodens" that can explode on command to defend its colony. These "exploding ants" rupture their abdomens, releasing a sticky, toxic fluid to incapacitate threats
OoG61 TIL that Vladimir Lenin’s perfectly preserved body is on display in Moscow. He died in 1924 and was born in 1870, making his body 147 years old.
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