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TIL that only 24% of Canadians know that Queen Elizabeth is their head of state

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07dN TIL that the United States spends more per person on healthcare than any other developed country yet 1/3rd of its healthcare expenditures are depleted by administrative overhead, about $750 billion.
Br9gD TIL about Dick Assman, a Canadian gas station employee whose name propelled him to celebrity status in North America for four months in 1995
wonW TIL that a “Golygon” is any polygon with all right angles, whose sides are consecutive integer lengths.
LQ1nm TIL that Albania had no standard gauge railways until 1947, built over 660km (410mi) in forty years, then closed the entire network in 2021.
XEmdQ TIL in 2013, an 11-year-old cancer patient on her way to a camp for children with serious illnesses was removed from her flight after misplacing her passport. Just before takeoff her passport was found in another passenger's backpack, and the plane unprecedentedly returned to the gate to pick her up