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TIL Portuguese is most spoken language in the southern hemisphere

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A8yB TIL that the leaders of the UK, France, Italy, and the Netherlands were among those who opposed German reunification in 1989-1990; the Italian prime minister said, “I love Germany so much that I prefer to see two of them.” The Irish and US governments were among the few to support reunification.
V0mG TIL A short film was made in 1976 where a man drives 85 mph through Paris while ignoring red lights, driving the wrong way on one-way streets, and driving on the sidewalk to avoid a rubbish truck to get to his date. The director was rumored to be arrested on it’s first screening.
8a9EL TIL about Keith Cutler, a judge summoned to be a juror on a case he was presiding over. When he applied to be excused from jury service he was initially declined, and was told to write to the resident judge, to which he replied: "I am the resident judge."
dpJ8 TIL Peyton Manning is number 18 on honor of his brother Cooper, who had to retire in high school due to a spinal injury. His brother, Eli later went on to be the starting quarterback at the same high school, as number 18
ZpYj4 TIL orcas are a part of the dolphin family