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TIL that North Korea is the only country with a 100% literacy rate according to UNESCO

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4kAgR TIL: Every year, about 30,000 people in the US lose a finger. The two most common causes: doors and power tools.
WkJ98 TIL the Peruvian Navy still actively operates a ship that was built in England in 1862, disassembled into small pieces and shipped across the Atlantic, and carried by mules over 220 miles to Lake Titicaca to be reassembled. Its sister ship (sent the same way) also still works on the lake.
R7KmQ TIL that USA and Russia are actually neighbors only 2.4miles (3.8km) apart
l7Qar TIL The Bismarck Archipelago is the name of the islands to the east of Papau New Guinea including New Britain and New Ireland. It was seized from Germany by Aussies during WWI, then given to Papau New Guinea in 1975.
pYEgN TIL that the term “shirako” (literally “white child”) refers to the testicles or sperm sacs of male fish, which are considered a delicacy in Japan.