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TIL North Korea has a 100% literacy rate.

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XElZR TIL human eggs are visible to the naked eye.
neRJr TIL that in Portugal they have traffic lights that turn red if you are speeding
yQdL8 TIL Rose plants are placed at the end of a row of grape vines on vineyards to act as early warning signs of mold or mildew.
M778V TIL: A French textbook publisher apologized after making textbooks saying the CIA was responsible for 9/11.
VMJpp TIL the "chimichanga" was created in 1922 when a Tucson restaurant cook accidentally dropped a burrito in the fryer. She was about to say "chingada" (fuck) but changed her word to "chimichanga" (thingamajig), and it stuck.