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TIL: There is a Canadian island called Devon Island, which is largest uninhabited island in the world and it is used to simulate Mars like environment by scientist because of its uncanny similarity with Martian surface .

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Xw46 TIL that when Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he willed the cities of Boston and Philadelphia $4,400 each, but with the stipulation that the money could not be spent for 200 years. By 1990 Boston’s trust was worth over $5 million.
GAlN TIL the Law of Consecration requires Mormons to give all their property to the LDS church, then receive “as much [property] as is sufficient for himself and family”. Any property “more than is necessary for their support” should be given back so “every man who has need may be amply supplied”.
NX0L6 TIL that American country, bluegrass and folk has significant influence from the Ulster Scots (or Scots-Irish) that migrated from what is now Northern Ireland to the Appalachian region. Their contribution to this genre is particularly evident in the use of the fiddle, banjo, and dulcimer.
xV5Qg TIL in 2009 the rapper Coolio attempted to stage dive, but nobody in the crowd caught him. Instead, they beat him up and stole his shoes and jewellery.
WkXjd TIL that hundreds of US agents during the cold war were caught due to their fake soviet passports. It was later discovered that the staples used in these forged passports were stainless-steel, unlike the soviet ones which corroded very easily.