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TIL that, despite popular belief, Americans actually pay more taxes for healthcare than Canadians, Australians, and Western Europeans.

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Zl44 TIL that Trick-or-Treating originates from Britain/Ireland and was in fact poor people begging for food in exchange for prayers for the dead
xVEJg TIL Christian Heinrich Heineken "the infant scholar of Lübeck" could speak fluent German at 10 months old. He read the Pentateuch at age one, and read the entire Bible in Latin by age three. Later that year he recited his own History of Denmark when visiting the King of Denmark. He died at age four.
Bpky TIL That while the Westboro Baptist Church surrounded and protested a military funeral for a homosexual man, the KKK surrounded them and protested against the Westboro Church.
d8Oor TIL The New York Times was one of the last newspapers to adopt color photography, with the first color photograph on the front page appearing on October 16, 1997.
rMNy TIL Japanese schools do not employ janitors or custodians. The Japanese education system believes that requiring students to clean the school themselves teaches respect, responsibility, and emphasizes equality.