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

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x6XoD TIL half of American adults can't read a book written at an 8th grade level
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dD8Z TIL The Soviet Union and USA made a plan to do a joint manned mission to Mars during the cold war. The Soviets supported it, but the idea was rejected by Reagan.
kJ86m TIL, That since domestication, dogs' eyes have changed. Dogs now have eye muscles that make them more expressive and infant-like. These same muscles are absent in wolves, their closest relative.
nWwMY TIL that instead of the Tooth Fairy, kids in Italy, France, Spain Hispanic America, and parts of Belgium and South Africa leave their teeth out for the Tooth Mouse.