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TIL that Canada is in talks to bring back the Zeppelin to help traverse the difficult landscape

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1adbW TIL the reason MLB (Major League Baseball) has not faced any competitor leagues unlike the NHL, NFL and NBA is because of a 1922 Supreme Court case that granted them an exemption from the Sherman Antitrust Act, thus making them a legal monopoly
9PpX TIL Earth is the densest planet in the solar system.
lRyV TIL that Canadian solider Leo Major made so much noise during a battle in WW2 that he made the German army think that the entire Canadian army was invading
E19VX TIL that the Mall of America doesn't have a central heating system. Instead, it uses the body heat of people inside it and sunlight, even in the winter.
XEpYE TIL that on 4 June 2012, the Shanghai Stock Exchange fell exactly 64.89--Almost certainly a coincidence, but was viewed as threat by authorities due to the association with the Tienanmen Square Massacre (6/4/89); Today, China censors all information related to the index that day.