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TIL that as an American. This will be the first Veterans Day observed without a living World War One veteran.

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JYjZ1 TIL that while Stan Lee was in the army he never missed a deadline for Timely Comics(Marvel in the 40s), when he discovered that mail was being withheld from him, he broke into the mailroom, unhinged the mailbox with the screwdriver, and submitted the assignment, which he was nearly jailed for.
b49N TIL That in Canada, it is illegal for corporations and unions to make donations to political parties. And individuals cannot donate more than $5,000 per year.
KVlJ TIL the concept of the “rap battle” has existed since the 5th century, where poets would engage in “flyting,” a spoken word event where poets would insult one another in verse. The Norse god Loki is noted as having insulted other gods in verse.
ovvo TIL that there is an organism that exists as a single celled organism when times are good, but under stress gathers together to form a slug, which climbs to a favorable spot and becomes a plant which launches spores which become single cells again.
QNN5E TIL that from 1853 until 1945, Lake Tahoe was officially known as "Lake Bigler."