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TIL The Government of Canada's toll-free telephone number is 1 800 O-Canada

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5YydB TIL there is no road connecting North and South America
XEDgQ TIL the word 'laser' is actually an acronym. It stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
99r TIL scientists filmed a couple having sex using a MRI
rNJPM TIL about tulou, giant walled villages built by the Hakka ethnic group of China. Tulou could fit up to 800 people inside them with farms, houses and even markets. They were designed by the Hakka for protection from attacks by the Cantonese ethnic group the Punti in one of the many wars they fought.
vPO7L TIL about the Iowa Cow War, a series of violent disputes over the testing of cows for bovine tuberculosis in 1931 after a radio station spread misinformation saying that the tests gave the cows tuberculosis. It lead to the deployment of 31 Iowa National Guard units to protect the testers.