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TIL In Finland, teachers have the same social status as doctors and lawyers. In 2010, over 6600 applicants vied for only 660 primary school training slots.

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AN0en TIL Kentucky declared neutrality at the start of the U.S. Civil War, on May 16, 1861. It was able to maintain it until September 4, 1861, when the Confederates invaded.
NXyBM TIL There was a concentration camp on British soil in Alderney. It is known as "The Island of Silence" as not much is known about the exact atrocities that took place.
loBxa TIL the last man to walk on the moon wrote his daughter's initials in the moon dust. When the shuttle program later began, he chose to leave NASA, saying: "Once you've gone to the moon, staying home just isn't good enough."