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TIL The Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Game Show was created in response to a survey by National Geographic finding that 1 in 4 Americans could not locate the Soviet Union or the Pacific Ocean

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KObRB TIL that during the filming of Steamboat Bill, Jr. in 1928, crew members threatened to quit and begged Buster Keaton not to do this scene. The cameraman admitted to looking away while filming.
MPXa TIL, the entire population of California (38M) is more than the entire country of Canada (35M), with California only having 163,000 sq. miles to Canada’s 3.85 million sq. miles.
4wya TIL that the coins thrown into Rome’s Trevi Fountain every year amount to around 3,000 Euro and are used to subsidise a supermarket for Rome’s needy.
VBnY0 TIL Sergei Federov, Alternate Captain of the Detroit Red Wings, dated 16 year old Anna Kournikova in 1996 after winning the Stanley Cup.
rR90y TIL Tasmania's literacy rates are far below that of mainland Australia, with at least half of the state's population unable read or write properly. This is despite a higher teacher-to-student ratio than the rest of the country.