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TIL that there’s going to be a backup of the backup of the internet located in Canada, to shield data from some possible American legal action.

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05Bj TIL in the Afghanistan War, a British Corporal ordered a bayonet charge against Taliban forces. It was successful.
WkkXL TIL that Marry, Mary, Merry, Bury, Larry, Leery, Fairy, and Ferry aren't all pronounced the same in other english accents
ADrj4 TIL The last Prime Minister of Great Britain to die in office from influenza was Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham, in 1782
P1PGL TIL The Order of the Pug was a secret society founded by Roman Catholics in mid-18th century Bavaria, In the initiation ritual the new members of the community had to wear dog collars and scratch at the door to be admitted inside.
xAbw TIL Bayer sold HIV and Hepatitis C contaminated blood products that caused up to 10,000 people in U.S.A alone to contract HIV. After they found out they pulled it off the shelves in the U.S. and sold it to countries in Asia and Latin America so they wouldn’t lose money from it.