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TIL A Canadian hockey team hasn't won the NHL Stanley Cup finals since 1993

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5YEKD TIL A&W's 1/3 pound burger didn't sell well against 1/4 pound competition because many incorrectly believed 1/4 was more than 1/3
P1xae TIL that at the time of The Titanic’s sinking, a magazine story about a ship sinking from an iceberg collision in the Atlantic was out in circulation. The author of this story Thornton Jenkins Hains, was writing under a pseudonym after having been disgraced in society for involvement in a murder.
ANVWa TIL The Treaty of Tordesillas was, overall, advantageous to Portugal.
p8gVZ TIL Wisconsin is the only state that doesn’t require all attorneys to pass the Bar Examination. Diploma Privilege allows graduates to secure a license without taking the exam.
ljjr TIL that Winston Churchill’s first thought when Pearl Harbour was attacked was “We have won the war”.