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TIL a greater percentage of Dutch people speak English than Canadians. 90% of Dutch people speak English. Only 85% of Canadians do.

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woA9J TIL Wagner Dodge escaped the Mann Gulch fire by lighting an "escape fire" in front of him and laying down on the now dead grass so the main fire could not engulf him.
OoW9L TIL that the original London Bridge was purchased by Robert P. McCulloch of Lake Havasu, Arizona in 1968 for 2.4 million dollars, where it still stands today.
PYYln TIL the "o" in o'clock stands for "of the" for example "four of the clock"
6Ey7Z TIL Potoo birds are the most divergent of any other species of birds, being so ancient that fossils of them can be found from 40 million years ago. This suggest they are one of the oldest species of birds.
X0eZj TIL In 1980, a 30 year old man ate the entirety of a small Cessna aircraft, consumed over the course of 2 years