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TIL that Minnesota has a city that can only be reached on roads by going through Canada

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dDrD8 TIL an explosion at a gas station, along with a car catching on fire, started after a woman went to grab a fuel pump that was fueling her car. Because of incidents like this, it is recommended that people ground static electricity buildup by touching another metal object before pumping fuel.
oBooL TIL in January 14th 2015, over a hundred dead bodies were found floating in a canal by the Ganges river, and none of them has been identified so far.
Yb4x TIL of Doodlebug, an orphaned kangaroo joey that was abandoned until he was found after he walked up to strangers and extended his arms, seemingly wanting to be picked up. A photo of him hugging a teddy bear later went viral.
VMPpp TIL of the Scholomance, a school of black magic located in Romania. According to legend, the teacher of the school was the Devil. Upon graduation, the Devil would select one of the students to be the Weathermaker, a dragon rider responsible for controlling the weather.
b6J6a TIL Ezekiel Hart was twice elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada but was denied his seat on both occasions for being Jewish. Opponents to Hart wrote a poem declaring a Jew in the Assembly as more foolish than Caligula's appointing his horse a Roman consul.