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TIL that Canada doesn't have an official name, like the ''Republic of...'' or the ''Commonwealth of...'', it's just Canada

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QJpEE TIL when the original director of mega-flop The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) was fired and replaced, he secretly returned to set disguised as a mutant dog and worked for the rest of production as an extra.
Eg94P TIL that Zelda Fitzgerald wrote 'plagiarism begins at home' in response to her husband, F.Scott Fitzgerald, ripping off lines from her diary for his novels.
lEnG TIL That the venom of Japanese giant hornets can dissolve human flesh
MevrW TIL that spies can eavesdrop on a conversation from hundreds of feet away, just by watching a light bulb’s vibrations through a telescope.
9YAD TIL alcohol and tobacco are more harmful than many illegal drugs, including Marijuana, LSD, and Ecstasy