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TIL that, because of its establishment in the 16th century and because of its exchanges between only French and British hands, Canada is considered to be one of the oldest continuing monarchies in the world.

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1rX8 TIL Before 1800 four first names referred to half of all English men
ANaQa TIL clinical obesity is considered so beautiful in sub-Saharan Africa that people use drugs to gain more weight.
DQg6P TIL the title of the 2000 film 'Cast Away' is a double entendre referring to both his status as a 'castaway' on an island and being 'cast away' by his love, as revealed at the end of the film
gM4Qy TIL over 80% of the losses by Bernie Madoff's victims were recovered.
Wwa8 TIL: “Government once even claimed that Hooters discriminates against men because it hires big-breasted female waiters. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission only dropped its complaint after Hooters ran a commercial showing a hairy male server wearing Hooters’ skimpy uniform.”