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TIL That Japan is Re-Arming because of China

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9x76 TIL that when asked what would happen if he were invited to a dinner party with his characters, Dr. Seuss said, “I wouldn’t show up.”
E1nXP TIL that in 1958, Canada set off one of the largest intentional non-nuclear explosions in history to remove a rock in the middle of a shipping lane. A tunnel half a mile long was dug out under the ocean and filled with 2.75 million pounds of explosive.
Zp51D TIL New Zealand was part of the colony that would go on to form Australia for a period that formally ended in 1841
QJGOE TIL that for months, scientists in France could not figure out why seagulls they were tracking were traveling far inland, away from their breeding colony. Eventually, they traced the seagulls' path and discovered they were visiting a chip factory.
wo0BE TIL about the 2 wands error in Harry Potter books. Had read it as a child but didn't realise it then.