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TIL in 40 of 50 states, coding classes don’t count towards high school graduation math or science requirements

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VBGN4 TIL that Great Britain and Finland were the only European countries to participate in WW2 that weren't fully occupied
grZlb TIL that boxing trainer Eddie Futch trained four boxers (including Joe Fraizer), who all defeated Muhammad Ali.
KYdLG TIL with five titles, Finland is the topmost winner of the European Championship of American football since the championship began in 1983
WxKA TIL Most children in New Zealand start school on their 5th birthday as opposed to the beginning of the school year
6EQkW TIL In 1710, famous author Jonathan Swift wrote an article on "the continual Corruption of our English Tongue" in which he described the word "bamboozle" as one of the words that were in his opinion, "corroding, if not destroying, the English language"