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TIL Canada is the most educated country in the world.

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yanJ TIL of Karczówka - where a man died falling into a cesspool, who had someone attempt to rescue him, who also died, and so on and so forth until 5% of it’s population died doing this.
75dZ TIL that Mike Rowe is an honorary member of the international society dedicated to Barbershop Quartets, and attributes his entire career to his 10th grade music teacher forcing him to sing in a quartet
LnY0 TIL before the 1800s, people had “first” and “second sleep”. They would sleep 3-4 hours, wake up for 2-3 hours to do some type of activity, then go back to sleep until morning.
7rEBr TIL in 2017 Kellogg's was forced to apologize after illustrating Corn Pops box with light-colored pops having fun at the mall while a dark-colored pop scrubbed the floor as a janitor
PYx9E TIL In the 1980's to compete with McDonald's quarter pounder, A&W introduced a third pound burger that did well in taste tests, but it didn't sell well because Americans thought a quarter pound was bigger than a third of a pound.