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TIL Lake Baikal in Siberia has more water than all the Great Lakes combined.

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7nYO TIL that China banned the video game Football Manager because it treated Taiwan and Tibet as separate countries and was deemed “harmful to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
6aMJ TIL that Nickleback’s manager instructed Jimmy Kimmel Live director Bobcat Goldwait not to shoot Chad Kroeger from profile because of his big nose. Goldwait waited until there were 10 seconds left in the band’s live performance, then ordered all cameras to shoot Kroeger’s nose.
J18Pm TIL there is a town in Norway where it is illegal to die as bodies cannot decompose due to cold temperatures
gM0G9 TIL that Lake Champlain was officially recognized as the sixth Great Lake for 18 days in March of 1998.
9Ylx7 TIL blue raspberry flavor is based on a real fruit called Whitebark Raspberry, which bears blue/black fruit.