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TIL Zimbabwe has the highest literacy rate in Africa with 92%. Zimbabwean graduates are well sought after throughout the world

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P15Gg TIL Tina Turner’s Nutbush City Limits is so popular in Australia that it is referred to as an unofficial national anthem. Children learn the line dance at school, it’s a wedding playlist + wedding dance non-negotiable and thousands dance the line dance at Outback music festivals.
Br0wW TIL that a dog in China refused to leave his dead owner’s graveside. To the extent that he went for 7 days without food. He had been his owners’ sole companion. The villagers planned to build a kennel for him and bring him food and water.
EbX TIL there is enough gold on Earth for every person to own about five gold rings.
njPo TIL that monks can raise the temperature of their skin through meditation so much that in 50 Fahrenheit (10 Celsius) weather, wrapped in wet towels, their skin starts steaming and the towels are dried.
6Eje8 TIL our solar system is surrounded by a "ring of fire"🔥 🔥 🔥 an 89,000F wall of plasma created by the interaction between the sun and interstellar winds.