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TIL in 1857 Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as Canada’s capital because it was the midpoint between Toronto & Montreal thus a political compromise between English speaking & French speaking Canada

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RALw TIL that George Washington was a redhead.
1aVOV TIL of the "the loneliest whale in the world," who roams the seas without a pack, crying out a 52-hertz mating call too high for other whales to hear. Except some scientists think other whales are actually just ignoring him: "all these whales can hear this guy...He's just odd."
E14vd TIL that Australian scientists accidentally invented Wi-Fi while searching for black holes.
R5aR9 TIL Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury refused to cooperate with her execution and was hacked to pieces by a "wretched and blundering youth" as the main executor was away
o8oA TIL the human brain isn’t at all “rubbery” textured.