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TIL Australia had a white people only policy until the 1970s

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GPjj TIL The Treaty of Ghent of 1814 once contained a clause that if Britain and Spain were to go to war, the U.S. would be given the rights to “protect” occupy Canada for a period up to 20 years, after which the U.S. could buy it for 50 million if 2/3rd of Canadians voted to stay part of the U.S..
LkXNZ TIL TV show host Marc Summers went public about his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, causing him to be fired as host of the Hollywood Squares revival, and is in remission for chronic lymphatic leukemia.
yQ94e TIL that pork is a "red meat" for nutritional studies (which tie red meat consumption to heart disease and cancer), and the "other white meat" phrase was just a marketing campaign by the pork industry.
69oEJ TIL Multiple studies have found that an extra inch of height can be worth an extra $1,000 a year in wages both for men and women
E1eyV TIL that Anakin Skywalker was at least minimally proficient in understanding and speaking Droid.