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TIL that BBC News is available in Pidgin English

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WQZX TIL that hollow point bullets are banned from use in small arms during war by NATO.
Wk4bN TIL that Pope John Paul II is considered to have begun the chain of events which saw the collapse of Communism in Europe, thanks to his trip to Poland in 1979.
xVgvB TIL that moths are attracted to light because they base their navigation on their position relative to a light source.
OGXVg TIL that Brad Pitt has a younger brother named Doug who is a UN Goodwill Ambassador for Tanzania
yVopM TIL about pig toilets. "A pig toilet (sometimes called a "pig sty latrine") is a simple type of dry toilet consisting of an outhouse mounted over a pigsty, with a chute or hole connecting the two. The pigs consume the feces of the users of the toilet, as well as other food."