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TIL Ontario's boundary with the United States runs 2700 kilometres on water and only about one kilometre on land.

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6op8 TIL that contrary to its primitive&stone age image, parts of Africa entered the Iron age independently, and possibly before the rest of the world
n68o TIL when dogs defecate and urinate, they prefer to align their body axis with Earth’s north-south geomagnetic field lines.
rN1m0 TIL Mayan's ritualistically put intoxicating drugs up their butt via clay pot enemas. (Updated Source)
gZNX TIL During the second World War, pharmaceutical giant Bayer used slave labour and even bought slaves from Auschwitz to use a human guinea pigs for new drugs.
J1Nym TIL that due to an error at the 1932 Summer Olympics, the 3,000 meter steeplechase went on for 460 meters (1 lap) longer than intended.