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TIL There are isolated communities in Eastern Canada that speak Gaelic

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4Xjww TIL Cattle rustling still occurs in the American West. In 2015, the Braum's restaurant chain had 1,100 unbranded cattle stolen from them.
EgV5V TIL Poon Lim survived 133 days afloat in the Pacific Ocean aboard an 8' square wooden raft. When rescued and told that no one had ever survived longer on a raft at sea, he simply answered, "I hope no one will ever have to break that record."
69LjY TIL of A Book from the Sky. This 1987 book was designed in the style of a medieval Chinese manuscript, but all 4000 Chinese characters in it are invented by the author and have no meaning
DbAJ TIL jeans when first dyed are yellow due to the yellow color of water soluble leucoindigo, which then oxidizes to the blue color of indigo on jeans.
b6R0j TIL In the 13th century, the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan was said to have killed so many people that the carbon dioxide levels decreased on Earth.