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TIL British Columbia has the most ghost towns of any jurisdiction in North America, estimated at more than 1500

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j6ZMN TIL the Yamato Colony was a 1905 Japanese settlement in Florida created by businessmen and State authorities to spur agriculture and trade. By WWII the remaining Japanese were interned in camps and had their land taken away. Today only a museum and park remain.
wLkBP TIL that France granted the US permanent, rent-free possession of the American cemetery in Normandy, which contains the remains of 9,387 fallen troops plus a memorial to 1,557 killed there whose remains were either not found or not identified.
PYKw TIL That a gas cloud will get too close to the Black Hole in the center of our galaxy next year, and we’ll see it ripped apart.
pYZeN TIL that to control the UK’s invasive grey squirrel population, a growing number of chefs and conservationists have a simple idea: eat them. One Scottish chef even made haggis from the North American rodent.
60d8 TIL in 1980, the first 1 GB hard drive cost $40,000 and weighed over 500 pounds.