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TIL Canada's broadcasting regular forbids false and misleading news over Canadian airwaves

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KOPLa TIL Michael Jackson is estimated to have donated over half a billion dollars over his lifetime, setting a record for any pop star.
m1lnE TIL that ~30% of Israeli McDonalds don’t serve McFlurrys because they are under kosher supervision, which means that they don’t serve meat and dairy products together
YXDZ TIL A 15-year-old liver transplant patient is the first person in the world to take on the immune system and blood type of her donor.
1dOX TIL Daniel Craig finished writing the Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” because of the 2008 Writers Strike. Also it has absolutely nothing at all in common with the short story it gets its name from.
QvQa TIL in the 50s a white man disguised himself as a black man and travelled to some of the most racially segregated parts of America. He found blatant acts of racism almost everywhere he went, and published a book about his experiences called Black Like Me.