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TIL that the sun accounts for 99.8% of the the total mass of our solar system

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R7VM9 TIL of Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese military officer and UN observer who disobeyed UN Rules of Engagement to save "at least hundreds" during the Rwandan Genocide.
NXZd1 TIL a Swiss company made and marketed kid sized condoms to fit youngsters after the country's youngest mother (aged 13) became pregnant because her 14 year old boyfriend wore a condom for their tryst that was too big to stay on and caused their pregnancy.
ENXx TIL India has been the largest troop contributor to UN missions since its inception
DdKp TIL Hens can spontaneously become roosters
OoZL4 TIL that in 2007, the hijacking of a Mauritanian flight was thwarted. Over the PA, the pilot instructed the passengers that he was about to make a bumpy landing, and they should attack the hijacker while he was off balance. He said this in French, which the gunman did not speak. The ploy succeeded.