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TIL that the Maldives is the lowest lying country in the world with the highest elevation from sea level being 6 FEET.

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9a8m TIL that extensive child poverty is the main reason America’s children score poorly on international education measurements. When you measure the test scores of American schools with a child poverty rate of less than 20%, American children outperform every nation in the world.
46lg TIL that squatting while pooping quickens the deed and may be more healthy
ANapd TIL: Einstein designed an unworkable wing airfoil based on a flawed knowledge of how wings work
mxjox TIL in 2000, incumbent John Ashcroft lost to a dead man in the election for Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat
Me0aB TIL that in 1964 Canada honored John F. Kennedy by naming the tallest unclimbed mountain in North America "Mt. Kennedy." In 1965 Robert F. Kennedy, as part of a National Geographic expedition, became the first person ever to reach the summit.