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TIL After phasing out coal power plants, Toronto has been smog free for the first time in over a decade.

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QJejd TIL After developing Mulltiple sclerosis, and in defiance of her disability, Annette Fredskov took up running, and then completed 366 marathons in 365 days.
aJE0 TIL the longest wrongful conviction served was 35 years served by James Bain for a murder and rape he did not commit.
Vj7m TIL that the guitarist of AC/DC on their last world tour had to relearn the songs before each show as he was suffering from the early stages of dementia.
eb55 TIL South Park saved all scene files used to create their first 176 episodes. Paired with the original uncensored audio, South Park re-rendered all episodes to full 1080p at the standard 16:9 ratio. South Park may be the only pre-HD animated show that has all episodes available in full native 1080p.
d8b7B TIL, about Frank “Cannonball” Richards, a carnival entertainer who’s most famous act involved getting hit by a 104 lbs cannonball from close range; he performed the act twice a day because “more than that was too painful.”