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TIL the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is so flat, its highest point is just some spot in the middle of a cow pasture

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Vpnm TIL The Netherlands has been sending Canada 10,000 tulips every year for the past 70 years in appreciation for the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi forces.
Ypm7Z TIL The Navajo have a tradition around celebrating a baby’s first laugh. Around three months, they watch the baby closely for that first real giggle. The person who has the good fortune of eliciting that first laugh is then responsible for throwing a party
Br1re TIL humans are the sweatiest primates alive. We have up to five million sweat glands producing a maximum of three gallons of sweat per day. The production of sweat glands is inversely related to the production of hair, and the evolutionary loss of our hair is connected to our success as a species.
v14J8 TIL the $2 bill makes up 1% of currency circulation. Its scarcity in daily use has confused some merchants who believe the bill to be fake. A 13 y/o girl in Texas was detained by Police when she tried to pay for her school lunch with a $2 bill, b/c the school’s counterfeit pen wouldn’t work on it.
VMAQG TIL GOP US House Rep, Duke Cunningham, was convicted of several crimes, served prison time, and was released. Duke then tried to get a gun permit, but the judge denied the request citing a law that limits gun permits for convicted criminals – a law that Cunningham voted for while in Congress