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TIL the country with the highest percentage of native English speakers is Ireland, followed by UK and New Zealand. Canada ranks as only 56% due to the prevalence of French and First Nations languages.

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45Ro TIL there is a group of wolves in British Columbia aptly called the “sea wolves” that gets most of its food from the sea, and will even swim up to 8 miles to reach islands for food.
X01xE TIL that when the French first arrived in North America they met the Ojibwe Indians who introduced them to other tribes but used nasty names. The Lakota/Dakota people were called "Nadowessiwag," which became Nadouessioux in French, then Sioux in English. It means "little snake."
5YBXR TIL In the 300 BC the Greek mathematician Aristarchus created a formula capable of accurately calculating the distance of the Sun from Earth.
P1NbJ TIL that coffee is believed to have been discovered by a shepherd when he saw his sheep becomes more active when eating coffee plants
XQbX TIL that due to the process of blending together beef from multiple delivery batches, a McDonald’s burger patty “can be made up of the meat from more than 100 cattle”