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TIL that the founder of Israel was an Atheist

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RMra TIL the Battle of Vimy Ridge was the first time when all four divisions of Canada’s army fought together. They had captured more ground, more prisoners and more guns than any previous Allied offensive in the two and a half years of war up to that point. Today is the 96th anniversary of the assault.
7VxL TIL that Earth once had rings like Saturn.
PY11g TIL cream soda is vanilla flavoured.
Brn6D TIL that summer in Japan is considered the season for ghost stories/spooky events and has the same eerie resonance as Halloween does for the U.S. The tradition comes from the Buddhist festival of the dead (Obon) which takes place in summer.
ANr9g TIL that Austrian schools and kindergartens keep a stockpile of potassium iodide pills in case of a nuclear disaster