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TIL that Canada and Mexico are more ethnically diverse than the United States

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ZpoMB TIL Before the invention of the mechanical clock, for many, the length of an hour varied by latitude and season. The day was always 12 hours long, so in the summer hours grew "longer" and in the winter they grew "short."
Yp86P TIL that the Pandemic Drive Through was invented by Dr. Eric Weiss in 2009 and tested at Stanford Hospital in response to the H1N1 (Swine Flu).
Lk8pP TIL that Ireland has the oldest average age at first marriage of any country. The average Irish citizen gets married for the first time at age 35.
gM8R8 TIL the people of North Sentinel Island, often described as uncontacted, were visited extensively in the 1990s. They hunt wild pig, their songs contain two notes, and their only form of art is body painting. Researchers compare them to humans 15,000 years ago.
gYbA TIL: Wine-tasting is mostly junk science.