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TIL that can openers were invented about 80 years after canned food

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nkgr TIL that a woman named Rifca Stanescu became the world’s youngest grandmother at the age of 23. Rifca, from the Romanian town of Investi, was 12 years old when she gave birth to her daughter, Maria. Maria, in turn, had her first child, her son Ion, at age 11.
oB8pW TIL the Japanese usually leave out most of their history from the early 1900s to WW2 from their high school curriculum.
W7pOX TIL the annular solar eclipse means "ring" solar eclipse, and is not the same as total solar eclipse when you experience it
wLOY7 TIL that the government of Palau has required all tourists entering to sign a pledge stamped on their passport promising to be environmentally conscious and “tread lightly, act kindly, and explore mindfully.”
eMbE TIL Ontario, a province in Canada has a apology act- “apologies do not constitute an admission of fault”