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TIL The poverty rate in Canada was 8.1% in 2020, down from 14.5% in 2015.

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rNm74 TIL the British were the ones to invent the term "soccer"
D1kde TIL of the Alpheidae AKA pistol shrimp, that is one of the loudest animal in the sea and produces a bubble that when collapses reaches temperatures of over 7,700 °C
wLjeW TIL on 22nd January 1943, the temperature at Spearfish (South Dakota) rose 27°C in just 2 minutes from -20°C to 7°C, then plummeted back from 12°C to -20 °C over a 27 minute period causing windows to crack
Xo9E TIL there are no documented human deaths from an LSD overdose
JA5k TIL William Shakespeare added over 1700 words to the English language, such as “torture” and “swagger”.