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TIL India has 29 languages with at least one million native speakers each

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WkGp9 TIL Japan's film rating system includes PG-12 & R-15+ ratings.
M7vRa TIL The Gospel of Wealth, an essay written by Andrew Carnegie, launched the modern philanthropic movement. He believed the best way of dealing with wealth inequality was for the rich to utilize their money in a thoughtful manner and not in a way that encourages "the slothful, drunken, & unworthy".
R71R7 TIL it's mandatory for school children to use fountain pen in Germany
xVDPB TIL some humans have what's called "Cute Aggression". Meaning when you see something cute, you get the overwhelming feeling of needing to hurt that cute baby or animal.
ymoe TIL of Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter who took third in the 1968 Olympics and the third athlete in the iconic black power photo. He was shunned in his home country from that moment on for his often unnoticed presence in the photograph.