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TIL if all of Canada was one state in the US, it would have 50 electoral votes – fewer than California.

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AaGg TIL before the 1986 All-Star Three point shootout, Larry Bird walked in to the locker room where all the other contestants were getting ready and asked “Which one of you motherfuckers is coming in second?”
neVNW Today I learned that the lead singer of The Offspring is a doctor fighting to cure HIV
Zpw1a TIL That when cholera was appearing in London in the 1830s one prescribed cure was to inject turpentine and mutton stew up the anus
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bQAQ TIL an orangutan from a zoo was reintroduced to the wild in Borneo and began spear fishing after watching local fishermen.