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TIL Bangladesh is the eighth most populated country in the world

by whatilearned March 27, 2022, 1:59 am

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TIL the least densely populated countries (with at least 8 million citizens) are Australia and Canada.

by whatilearned February 28, 2022, 1:06 am

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TIL The tiny island nation of Tuvalu consists of nine islands. Interestingly, “Tuvalu” means “eight standing together” in Tuvaluan. This is due to the fact that only eight of the islands were populated before the Europeans “discovered” the archipelago.

by whatilearned February 15, 2022, 9:36 pm

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TIL that Britain during the Palaeolithic period was intermittently populated due to glaciation driving the humans out multiple times.

by whatilearned January 11, 2022, 12:45 am

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TIL of Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world. Despite it’s latitude and being adjacent to a glacier, winters are actually very mild with typical temperatures no lower that of some populated parts of the Scottish Highlands.

by whatilearned December 11, 2021, 9:09 am

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TIL in 2018 a ground service agent with no prior piloting experience (beyond playing flight simulators) stole a commercial plane and successfully executed barrel rolls and other stunts for more than an hour while having an emotional breakdown. He then intentionally crashed on a sparsely populated i

by whatilearned November 13, 2021, 12:24 pm

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TIL that there are 153 million orphaned children in the world. This number slightly falls below Russia’s population statistics and above Mexico’s. Therefore, it would be safe to say that if a country was to be set aside for orphans, it would rank the 9th most populated.

by whatilearned August 11, 2021, 6:25 am

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TIL Bangladesh, the 8th largest country in the world (population of 170 million), is the most populated country to have never won an Olympic medal.

by whatilearned July 26, 2021, 4:36 pm

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TIL Dyess AFB in Texas is named for William E. Dyess, an Air Corps pilot and survivor of the Bataan Death March. During a training exercise, his airplane’s engine caught fire. Rather than bailing over a populated area, Dyess crashed his aircraft into an empty field. His decision cost him his life.

by whatilearned July 17, 2021, 10:39 pm

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TIL a cause of red meat allergy was discovered when some of the recipients of the cancer drug Cetuximab fell gravely ill. Cetuximab contains a red meat protein derived from mice. Of those who fell ill, 94.6% confirmed they had experienced tick bites while in an area populated by the Lone Star tick

by whatilearned July 9, 2021, 7:23 pm

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TIL the united states staged a WWII campaign in Tokyo which involved firebombing highly populated areas in order to pressure Japan into surrender. The death toll was greater than that of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki. The attacks are considered the most deadly bombing attacks in history.

by whatilearned June 26, 2021, 10:27 am

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TIL of Dharavi, the largest slum in the world in Mumbai, India. With around 1 million people in .81 sq/mi, it is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Its economy has an annual turnover of US$1 billion, but sanitation and clean water issues has led to many epidemics and plagues.

by whatilearned June 22, 2021, 3:59 am

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