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TIL that Canada’s Most Dangerous City in 2012 had a total of 0 homicides.

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woAQW TIL that, in 1947, there was a proposal to create an independent united Bengali state instead of partitioning Bengal between India and Pakistan. It was not accepted, though it did have some support. (In 1971, east Bengal, also known as East Pakistan, acquired its independence as Bangladesh.)
e9M5 TIL in Leeds there is a building that was designed so poorly it creates a powerful wind tunnel effect around that is so strong it can knock people of their feet
Oovr1 TIL that the saying "O'Clock" is short form for "Of The Clock." It originated as early as the 14th century and was said to distinguish between other time telling methods.
wOE8 TIL that avocados are berries, poisonous to most animals, and probably left over from a time when megafauna, large enough to swallow and digest them whole, roamed North America
QJm5k TIL A juvenile narwhal lost in the St. Lawrence River got adopted by a group of beluga and has stayed with them since at least 2016