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TIL in 2012 in an event dubbed the ‘Thrilla on the Hilla’ two Canadian politicans boxed eachother for charity.

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4XnJg TIL: That our solar system is flying through the Milky Way Galaxy at an incomprehensible 828,000 Kilometers an hour, but the Milky Way is so big that it still takes the Solar System 230 million years to orbit it.
d88E8 TIL there is a woman who takes photographs of roadkill to make are.
b6npZ TIL that the Steak n’ Shake and Western Sizzlin’ restaurant chains are owned by the same company that owns Maxim Magazine.
awloZ TIL about Chocolate Blooms. When your chocolate is covered in white/grey powder, it means it has either had a Sugar Bloom or Fat Bloom. And it's still safe to eat! But means the chocolate has been stored incorrectly.
YpoZZ TIL George Segal was one of the first American film actors to rise to leading man status with an unchanged Jewish surname, thus helping to pave the way for artists such as Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand.