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TIL Canada is the most educated country in the world.

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pmL4 TIL it’s actually “Whet your appetite”, not ‘wet’. Whet means to sharpen, as as a whetstone sharpens a knife.
wGa7 TIL that the pledge of allegiance in schools was conceived by a businessman who wanted to sell flags.
4kPxo TIL a man survived a 324 foot fall through San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid despite landing on a concrete base. A guard heard him screaming ‘whoopee’ during the fall
BgR5b TIL that the UK banned the sale of lead paint to the general public in 1992, only allowed it to be sold to specialists
VMdo0 TIL Burger King launches Chocolate Whopper for April Fool's Day in 2018 as a prank