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TIL The most populous country that recognizes Taiwan is Guatelama, with a population of just under 18 million, followed by Haiti

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lN91 TIL that, in the early 1960s, the CIA coined the term ‘Plausible Deniability’ to describe the withholding of information from senior officials in order to protect them from repercussions in the event that illegal or unpopular activities by the CIA became public knowledge.
6Ee6X TIL in 1941 a Dutch Navy ship escaped the Japanese by being disguised as an island and only sailing at night. It went from Indonesia to Australia without being detected.
ak6Z TIL In 1575, a German mass murderer nicknamed Puschpeter is reported to have kept his wits after being impaled. The stake hit his spine and he berated the executioner. Puschpeter commanded the executioner to draw the stake out of him and gave instructions for how to make the impalement properly.
7r7Ax TIL that the Faroe Islands between Iceland and Denmark debuted ‘SheepView 360’ in 2016 to encourage people to tour the island virtually. Cameras were strapped to the backs of sheep (which twice outnumber the number of human inhabitants) and you can follow sheep all around the islands!
nWaj7 TIL Body Integrity Identity Disorder is a rare, documented mental disorder which causes a severe dissociation with one’s own healthy extremities. Sufferers of BIID fantasize about becoming paralyzed, may use wheelchairs and leg braces, and may seek out surgical solutions for amputation fantasies.