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TIL that according to the UN, Finland is the most literate country in the world. The absence of Amazon in Finland means that e-books have yet to make a dent on bookstores as vital places for literary exploration.

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0wkO1 TIL — 7-Eleven is the only place the IRS allows taxpayers to pay their tax liability in cash. Payments are limited to $1,000 per day, cost $3.99 per payment, and only 34 states have participating 7-Eleven locations.
VBpWG TIL about Roman politicians Saturninus and Glaucia who allegedly had a political opponent, Gaius Memmius, beaten to death in front of the voters. This caused civil unrest within Roman aristocracy and an angry mob brutally killed the duo among their alleged conspirators.
oRk5L TIL there are between 5 and 8 language isolates in the whole of Eurasia. In New Guinea and surrounding Papuan islands, there are up to 37 of them.
6MGZ TIL that the Darian calendar is a proposed system of time-keeping for Mars. The year is divided into 24 months of four weeks; each week has seven days: Sol Solis, Sol Lunae, Sol Martis, Sol Mercurii, Sol Jovis, Sol Veneris and Sol Saturni.
5NND TIL A Nova Scotia man broke into a ranch home, then fed the cats, did laundry, put out hay for the horses, took a shower, used the residents’ toothbrush and shaver, and wrote in their diary.