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TIL Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.

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ADD5o Yes, technically, but not nearly enough.
1aek4 TIL that in 1688 false reports of Irish soldiers burning and massacring English towns prompted a mass panic, with thousands of people arming themselves and preparing to resist non-existent groups of marauding Irishmen.
d8AVE TIL that the US Navy technically has 19 aircraft carriers but only counts 11
epbe5 TIL about Sabbatai Zevi, a 17th-century cult leader and rabbi from the Ottoman Empire who claimed to be the Messiah. He even convinced people he had the ability to fly, but told them God didn’t think they were worthy enough to see him flying. He was nearly executed by the state
4opw TIL that the founder of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, was an atheist.