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TIL The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) turns into a nightclub/lounge at night, where you can drink and explore every gallery after hours

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GAnjE TIL Rifleman Khan was a German Shepherd dog awarded the Dickin medal in WW2 for saving his handler from drowning after their landing craft was sunk by artillery fire
eVRL TIL 16 years after the trail of tears ended, the Choctaw Indians donated 170 dollars to relief for The Irish Potato Famine
loyOa TIL Fridolin Andewert, a swiss president, was fat-shamed to suicide. His farewell letter reads: "They want a victim, they shall have it."
wkoP TIL carrots weren’t orange originally. Orange carrots were cultivated by Dutch farmers in the 17th century as a tribute to their king William of Orange
v1Ze7 TIL prey animals like goats and sheep have horizontally elongated pupils to have panoramic vision while predators like foxes and domestic cats have vertically elongated pupils to judge distance while stalking prey.