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TIL that one of Palau’s 16 states has 3 residents and 3 official languages

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WaZA TIL that parades are a means of political combat in Northern Ireland. Unionists and nationalists hold hundreds of competing parades that may cause violence if they enter territory belonging to “the other side”. The government often bans/reroutes parades to avoid problems.
Lkebr TIL of the Wanggongchang explosion in 17th century China. It killed 20,000 people, released roughly the same amount of energy as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, and contributed to the eventual fall of the Ming dynasty.
e0ov5 TIL the card game wasn't originally the main focus of the manga Yu-Gi-Oh, it started as one plot device among others in an action shonen about tabletop gaming in general. This changed after it garnered enormous interest among readers
88pL TIL Pi appears as the average ratio of the actual length and the direct distance between source and mouth of most rivers.
Drjv TIL David Ortiz once finished 3rd in the Boston mayoral race solely through write in votes