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TIL Canada is the most educated country in the world.

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oRnvA TIL In Laos it it illegal for foreign nationals and Lao citizens to have sexual relations unless the two are married.
1aJm4 TIL the last surviving rescue dog from 9/11 died in 2015
pdDQ TIL there is a flag of a Mongolian province that has a dinosaur (sauropod) on it.
69OlZ TIL during the £64K round on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' Tony Kennedy incorrectly answered "24" (12) when asked what the minimum number of shots needed to win a set of tennis was. However, the show accepted it and he won £125K. Then the show allowed him to keep it because it was their mistake.
OoLmX TIL: An extinct bird came back from the dead. The white-throated rail was flightless and got completely wiped out when the island sunk below the sea around 136,000 years ago. But, the same bird re-appeared when sea levels fell again a few thousand years later, and again lost the ability to fly.