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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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ryex TIL there was a song written in the 1630s that was performed only in the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican kept the composition of the piece secret for 150 years until the 14-year-old Mozart listened to the piece two times, transcribed it from memory, and produced the first unauthorized copy of the song.
oRwOW TIL about the Sankebetsu brown bear incident a series of bear attacks which took place 9-15 December 1915, at the beginning of the Taishō era, in a remote area of Hokkaido, Japan. The attacks ended when the hungry bear, so smart that it started to trick people, was shot dead.
voL4 TIL 13.8% of cigarette smokers do not consider cigarette butts to be ‘litter’
gMnVA TIL Neo’s passport in “The Matrix” (1999) expired on September 11, 2001.
OoaJe TIL that the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history resulted in the deaths of only 2 white men. In total, 95 black people were hanged and mutilated with their heads used to decorate New Orleans.