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TIL that North Korea has a population of 25.5 million people. That means its population is slightly larger than Australia’s and it has more people than two thirds of the world’s countries (even after accounting for territories and dependencies listed separately in this data)

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neR77 TIL The German army employed large numbers of captured soviet T-34s tanks. they were designated by the Germans as Panzerkampfwagen T-34 747(r). In order to prevent recognition mistakes, large swastikas were painted on the tanks, in order to prevent attack by Axis aircraft.
PKrV TIL in 2012 a study in East Germany was unable to find a single person under 28 who believed in god.
loNWB TIL In a study, people were required to pour sugar into a jar, then label it as “Poison”. Despite having poured the sugar themselves, people later refused to consume it. They knew their negative feelings were irrational, but they could not get themselves to shake their intuition away.
0dpG5 TIL: the key command win + . brings up an emoji menu.
ANO1B TIL Humans perceive and sense our environment logarithmically, including sound and light