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TIL that Canada doesn't have an official name, like the ''Republic of...'' or the ''Commonwealth of...'', it's just Canada

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GZjG TIL that there have been 31 recorded school shootings in the US so far this year. In comparison, there have been 24 recorded school shootings in the entire continent of Europe’s history.
leWG TIL that there is now a microwave that can cool things down.
G7WG TIL that those rounded bumps on the painted lane dividers are called Botts’ dots.
7ZyM TIL Winston Churchill’s famous witticisms were planned weeks in advance by studying the issues and imaging all possible social interactions. He did this to combat a speech impediment.
7nwp TIL: A low-frequency noise of unknown source, “The Hum”, is heard by some people across the planet.