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TIL Iceland has a higher percentage of English speakers than the USA despite English not being an official language

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VJvk TIL the White House has an official team of three calligraphers that make around $100,000 a year.
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oRv9Y Today I learned that soccer player Mark Hughes played two professional games in two different countries for different teams on the same day.
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