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TIL the Irish language has three counting systems: one for math, another for humans, and another for non-humans.

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4lk6 TIL Illegal coal mining activities in Mongolia, and the intense use of coal burned on simple stoves has turned a region of Mongolia once famed for its blue skies into one of the world’s most polluted
LyeZ TIL that in order to highlight the dangers of using a phone while driving, Belgian road safety experts told a group of learner drivers they must avoid obstacles whilst texting in order to get their licence
wolj6 TIL that in an experiment, scientists observed flies actively engaging with a spinning toy carousel seemingly for fun, only the second such instance of object-directed play documented among arthropods.
1KVW TIL that a former President of Equatorial Guinea celebrated the Christmas of 1975 by having 150 of his opponents executed in a soccer stadium by soldiers dressed as Santa Claus.
R7mj8 TIL in 1928 a mail plane crashed into Georgia's Stone Mountain. The pilot not only survived the crash, but manually picked up the mail and descended the mountain himself.