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TIL only 20% of USA kids learns a foreign language relative to 92% of European kids

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EQrd TIL that it’s possible for the Golden Globe Awards to win an Emmy.
p8KMb TIL that the Northern Great Plains was home to many fortified Native American towns, beginning in the 800s and existing all the way until the 1880s. These towns had over a thousand residents and a plaza centric layout. These were sedentary towns where people lived year-round.
9Y6ar TIL Broadway vs Off-Broadway is based on the number of seats, with Broadway having over 500, Off-Broadway between 100-499, and Off-Off-Broadway having less than 99
WkvN9 TIL During the 1988 Monaco GP, F1 Legend Ayrton Senna crashed thru driver error while leading on lap 67, Senna was so annoyed with himself instead of heading to the pits he walked home and contemplated his failure and only returned when his team was packing up.
yEpV TIL: In the late 1960s, all plants from a specific species of bamboo sprouted flowers at the same time, despite being separated by thousands of miles. Shortly after, all the plants died. The next mass flowering is predicted to come in 2090, when the bamboo completes its 120-year cycle.