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TIL that the defunct semi-pro Canadian Women's Hockey League had two teams in Shenzhen, China for 2 seasons, forcing the Canadian teams to fly 7000 miles there for road games once a season

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X1EP TIL A man raised his arm for 38 years without EVER putting it down.
8ZPZ TIL of the XF-84H “Thunderscreech”, an experimental propeller aircraft whose rotors moved at supersonic speeds and created continuous sonic booms visible from hundreds of yards away which were powerful enough to cause severe nausea, headaches, and even knock people to the ground.
9YYPQ TIL that in 2014, Assyriology specialist Dr Irving Finkel translated a cuneiform tablet that predates the Bible, which described a flood, much like the story of Noah. However, this story described the ark not as oblong, but round in shape.
k6Z4 TIL There is 80 million Irish people in the world but only ~4 million in Ireland
vPb4B TIL that the inventor of the Pringles can, Fred Baur, requested to be buried in one. Part of his ashes were indeed buried in a Pringles can.