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TIL 50% of Canadians Live South of The Red Line

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Wkrao TIL The Bayeux Tapestry's end is missing.
wLx0Y TIL that while the Romans used concrete extensively in building their structures, the recipe was lost after the Fall of the Roman Empire, partially contributing to the Dark Ages. It wasn't reinvented until the late 19th century.
W7re8 TIL that the United States Supreme Court established that the tomato should be classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit under U.S. Customs regulations. The Court’s 1893 decision was meant to differentiate the technical botanical definition from the commonly used one.
oM67 TIL Teddy Roosevelt was the first president to fly in an airplane and afterwards told the pilot, “that was the bulliest experience I ever had. I envy your professional conquest of space.”
RRl1 TIL the word “ghoti,” is a constructed word used to demonstrate the irregularities of English pronunciations. It can pronounced as ‘fish,’ or completely silently.