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TIL Canada has nearly twice as many indigenous people as Brazil

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OOLL TIL that out of 262 Blue Angels pilots, 26 have been killed during training or show accidents, giving the job a 10% fatality rate.
wLZ11 TIL "Simon" in Simon Says is different in other countries. In France it's Jack Says, Chinese is Teacher Says, Norway is The King Commands, and Ireland is O'Grady Says.
5YG1k TIL that Bramble, one of the longest living dogs ever (more than 27 years), was fed a vegan diet
DQ4lp TIL Agatha Christie wrote an unpublished book where she killed off Poirot because she hated him.
Wk6k8 TIL about Liviu Librescu: a Romanian-born scientist, engineer, professor, teacher, and Holocaust survivor, who heroically held the door of his classroom closed during the Virginia Tech shootings sacrificing his life while the gunman continuously shot through the door, saving 22 of his 23 students.