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TIL Canada almost had a constitutional crisis during WWI due to imposing conscription; English Canadians supported the war due to British ties while French Canadians were adamantly against the war due to lack of loyalty to the UK or France

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6K7Y TIL: the U.S. captive tiger population of 5,000 exceeds the total world population of wild tigers.
78we7 TIL that Zima, the original "malternative" was made by filtering low-grade lager through charcoal (a process that strips away both color and taste), then adding citrusy flavor to make it palatable. The drink survived until 2008.
VBQb8 TIL that Dr Amy Bishop shot and killed three professors in a University of Alabama biology department meeting in 2010. It was found out later that she had shot and killed her brother in 1986 and was never charged.
a8AWb TIL Rubies and Sapphire are Gem Varieties of the Same Mineral Corundum.
WgkX TIL the difference between disc and disk. Disc refers to optical media(Blu-ray, CD, DVD, etc), and disk refers to magnetic media(floppy disk, hard disk, etc).