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TIL that Canada had a multi-million dollar maple syrup heist 5 years ago, and have a maple syrup “cartel”

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nbKW TIL A man built an amusement park for his disabled daughter w free admission for everyone w special needs
BMjW TIL that astronauts in the ISS “do their laundry” by having new clothes shipped to them in an unmanned spacecraft that then has the old clothes put into it and is burnt up upon reentry.
N7rOJ TIL that bowhead whales are the longest-living mammals, able to live to around 200 years due to genes that allow for the repair of DNA. However, many of them do not live to old age as they are a common target for whaling.
b9RKp TIL a poll once included the question "Have you ever been decapitated?" 4% of Americans answered yes.
N0jE TIL a lawyer sought out a 90yo lady who agreed to give him her apartment if he paid her $500 each month for the rest of her life. She became the oldest living person ever, living for another 30 years and even outliving the lawyer who by then had paid her $180,000 – twice the value of the apartment