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TIL that the British sitcom Mr. Bean only consists of 15 episodes over a span of 6 years

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apxM TIL that a shot in the US is 25% larger than one in Northern Ireland and almost twice as large as a shot in the rest of the UK.
Yd6G TIL the Third Amendment, protecting against quartering of troops in a residence, has only had one major court case in the history of the United States.
1oP8 TIL of the 1925 ‘Great Race of Mercy’ where 20 mushers and 150 sled dogs traveled 674 miles in 5 days to deliver diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska
YpxoZ TIL Canada has a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve- much like the US has a strategic reserve of gasoline
VBYKk TIL that an average of 2 amputations occur weekly at US meatpacking plants.