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TIL that the official name of Canada is still "Dominion of Canada"

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oGjL TIL the middle finger has been used as a derogatory gesture for at least 2400 years, with the middle finger representing a phallus and the ring and index fingers representing testicles.
gZ74 TIL Keith Richards, after being caught with an ounce of heroin and five grams of cocaine in canada, abandoned by his band and facing life in prison for drug trafficking, found himself alone in the studio the night before his court date, and recorded his first 5 songs ever has a solo artist.
9rJQ TIL British writer Norman Douglas’ last words were “Get those fucking nuns away from me.”
WkmnL TIL a Danish ex-Jagercorps operative drove a post-apocalyptic 1979 Camaro through the war-torn streets of Sarajevo to deliver food to starving children during the Yugoslavia War.
R5v8 TIL that a person’s willpower is directly linked to their glucose levels. So people quitting smoking, when you get a craving just have some jelly beans instead.