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TIL A woman has failed her driving test 771 times.

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XEy9X TIL the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is the world's largest producer of lentils; Canada produces 33% of the world total (and Saskatchewan has over 95% of the national total); the next country is India with 25% of the global production
9Q5M TIL the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the most esteemed reference works in history, was initially constructed via properly cited user submissions, much like Wikipedia.
R5KDl TIL the "salt of the earth" dialogue in Blazing Saddles was considered a throwaway scene due to Clavon Little breaking character by laughing after Gene Wilder's comment, and Wilder looking towards the director after Little's break.
awO80 TIL that in Japanese Folklore, Seto taishō is a tiny little soldier pieced together out of chipped teacups and cracked dishes. It runs about the kitchen on tiny spoons, wielding knives or chopsticks as swords or spears and loves to chase the cooking staff around the kitchen, causing chaos.
mGgM TIL that cemeteries cause pollution of groundwater due to the decay of corpses