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TIL Canada had to alter their $5 note to make Wilfrid Laurier look less like Spock

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KONaG TIL Peter from the American folk group Peter, Paul, and Mary is a convicted sex offender.
xVYp5 TIL that honey never goes off and has been found in Egyptian tombs fully edible.
VM7NZ TIL a Norwegian man, addicted to heroin, stole two large oil paintings from a gallery, lost them, was caught and charged with the crime. The artist subsequently met the thief, painted his portrait, and invited the thief to see it — which caused the thief to fall apart weeping.
X0BwE TIL that lions are native to India and that the last ones in Asia are found in Gir national park
a8A6L TIL that Lord Byron kept a bear with him during his time at Trinity College, in defiance of the college's rule of not allowing students to keep dogs