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TIL that Canada is the most educated country in the world.

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gMXxW TIL during the 1957 Christmas Speech by the Queen, freak radio conditions caused by sunspots resulted in American police radio chatter interfering with the broadcast. On one occasion, listeners could distinctly hear an American police officer say, "Joe, I'm gonna grab a quick coffee".
RykQ TIL One of the thirteen articles in the 1781 US Articles of Confederation states that if Canada wants to be admitted into the United States, it will automatically be accepted.
0db4M TIL the bite of the Brazilian Wandering Spider causes a penile erection that can last for several hours
GYQgE TIL: the “selfie stick” was once considered so unnecessary that it was included in a Chindōgu book consisting of 101 Un-Useless Japanese Inventions by Kenji Kawakami. Chindōgu are things that are almost completely useless, but not quite.
rRPn0 TIL that citrus trees are almost always grafted and need to have their "suckers" removed if they're growing from the original rootstock (below the grafting point). Letting them grow could overtake the "scion" variety meant to produce the edible fruit. The rootstock fruit is usually watery and bland