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TIL that the southern most tip of Canada is further south then the northern most tip of Japan.

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5VQRD TIL six percent of humans go out of their way to hit animals on the road and 89% of the people who did swerve to kill drove SUVs
wL0Y1 TIL Cyber Philosopher Jaron Lanier proposed a 'reverse Moore's Law': As processors become faster and memory becomes cheaper, software becomes correspondingly slower and more bloated, using up all available resources. The larger a software program gets the more legacy code gums up its efficiency.
6b87 TIL British and American commanders ensured that the liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944 was seen as a “whites only” victory. They insisted that all black soldiers be taken out and replaced by white ones from other units.
ZpxK4 TIL the US Navy has a 'Fleet Admiral' rank which only four people have ever achieved. It includes the unique benefit of active duty pay for life.
yQyMw TIL about "A True Story", the first sci-fi novel written by a Greek-speaking Syrian in the 2nd century AD. This satire is the earliest known work of fiction to include travel to outer space, alien lifeforms, and interplanetary warfare.