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TIL that Canada has the most number of lakes in the world?

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grjAb TIL how chewing different materials affects the brain and that chewing on wood, compared to chewing gum, leads to a significant increase in a brain antioxidant called glutathione, and better performance on memory tasks.
Brmwx TIL The US had a president born in every decade from 1730s-1940s, except 2: 1810s and 1930s
ep7r5 TIL in 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in the Andes Mountain east of Chile. The survivors had to resort to cannibalism to survive in freezing cold weather. Rescue arrived after two months when two survivors climbed a 4650-meter mountain peak and hiked 61 km to seek help.
oB1Ao TIL that there was a blind bisexual goose who fell in love with two swans and helped raise 60+ of their babies
4PMb TIL that in Paraguay, 2004, almost 400 people died and nearly 500 got injured in a supermarket fire, because the owners locked all the doors to prevent people from fleeing without paying for merchandise.