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TIL Russell Williams is a former Canadian colonel who was convicted of two murders

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b60Q7 TIL about Atomic Gardening, where plants are subjected to radiation in hope of creating useful hybrids. And it's still done today.
WWJY TIL Finland is the first nation in the world to experiment with autonomous vehicles in urban conditions. That is because the country’s book of law doesn’t oblige the driver to be inside the vehicle.
MGpB TIL Baboons were employed as goatherds by the Namaqua people in the 1800s right through till the 1960s. They would protect the herd and lead them back at dusk, often whilst riding one of the larger goats like a horse.
x6AYo TIL that actors with visible tattoos on screen often need release forms from the tattoo artists to feature their work in films.
KW0Q TIL Sidney Crosby wears number 87, was born on 8/7/87, and makes $8.7 million a year