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TIL that when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Canada declared war on Japan before the United States did.

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E1vbP TIL THAT Thomas Edison is responsible for the very first on-screen kiss in cinema.
9wV5G TIL The Canadian Potato Museum on Prince Edward Island has the world's largest collection of potato related farming implements, features the World’s largest potato sculpture, and a restaurant that specializes in potato dishes
p8Eae TIL that “cooties” originally was WWI soldiers’ slang for body lice that infested the trenches, before it evolved into a children’s game of contagion that even includes “inoculation” via a ball point pen and a rhyme, which emerged after the polio vaccine became common.
bGDa TIL that, according to the Department of Energy, commuter rail only has about 10% better actual fuel economy than cars, and buses are the worst at more than 20% lower given its sparse ridership.
KOo19 TIL that the Great Pyramid of Giza built around 2560 BC was the tallest man made structure in the world for over 3,000 years until the building of the Lincoln Cathedral in 1311 AD