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TIL Between 60-70% of the French prison population is Muslim.

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AN6j4 TIL Pheasant Island located between Hendaye in France and Irún in Spain, bizarrely changes countries twice a year. This small piece of land, a mere 5,000 square meters in size is fascinating result of historical treaties.
ne4ld TIL a wobble of Earth’s axis causes the Sahara to cycle between desert and grassland every 23,000 years.
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XmMP TIL that Japanese macaque wash their food in saltwater before they eat in order to both clean it and enhance the taste. They also make snowballs for fun.
Jprv TIL there’s a brown bear on California’s state flag but the last brown bear in California was killed in 1922