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TIL although New Brunswick is the only official bilingual province in Canada, the most bilingual province is Quebec (55% of bilingual Canadians) whose only official language is French

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4XgGJ TIL that in Zurich, the garbage disposal is financed by selling official plastic bags for non-recyclable waste. Garbage trucks will not even pick up unofficial bags from houses and they instead have to be placed in designated neighbourhood containers.
KYN6G TIL that if you were to light your farts on fire, an act called pyroflatulance, the resulting flame would be predominantly blue, as hydrogen and methane, the predominant flammable gasses in farts, burn blue.
G97 TIL that in the Balkans, two beers compete for market dominance: Union & Laško. Drinkers are fiercely loyal to one or the other. However, the rivalry is manufactured; they are made by the same company.
PY6wE TIL about the Wandering Jew, a character from Christian legend. He taunted Christ on his way to the cross and as punishment is forced to walk the earth until the Second Coming.
DPV TIL Honduras is the murder capital of the world; on average, one murder every 74 minutes.