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TIL the Sarah McLachlan dog commercial has been one of the most successful non-profit fundraising ads…ever.

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8aBpX TIL the definition of grams and kilograms have been flipped; the kilogram is the SI unit of mass, and the gram is defined as 1/1000th of a kilogram.
jNj0v TIL that the American Indian tribes removed to Oklahoma in the "Trail of Tears" were considered "civilized" and had adopted "Christianity, centralized governments, literacy, market participation, written constitutions, intermarriage with white Americans, and plantation slavery practices"
QJBBe TIL that any commoner in the Choson Dynasty can get government posts if they win a stone battle tournament sponsored by the King.
x6XrD TIL Edmonton built an experimental suburban community with innovative street design in the 1980s over land that used to contain a garbage dump. It's estimated about 85 per cent of the world's cultures are represented there
78VJP TIL that humans have evolved to act more selflessly when being watched. This will happens even when you are alone but can see a depiction of two eyes.