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TIL Canada is the most educated country in the world.

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Z8y1o TIL Yo-Yo Ma's relative hid the Ma family genealogy in the wall of their home during the Cultural Revolution. It was uncovered that his paternal ancestry traces back eighteen generations to the year 1217.
Lkr9p TIL that music can be perceived in a faster or slower tempo - this is due to being in a physiological flow state, music might seem slower when focussed and faster when it's in the background
aw6ny TIL Keanu Reeves often foregoes some of his paycheck so that producers can bring on other notable actors. On The Devil's Advocate, he reduced his salary by a few million dollars so that they could afford Al Pacino, and he did the same thing on The Replacements to be able to work with Gene Hackman.
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