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TIL that a 36 year old accountant who has never played pro hockey, was called in as an emergency backup goalie for the Chicago Blackhawks and starred in a 6-2 win, blocking 7 of 7 shots attempted

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1anyP TIL about Martin Couney who ran a sideshow on Coney Island full of incubators to save premie babies. He is credited with saving over 6000 babies in the decades he ran the exhibit.
eQZ6 TIL 70,000 Americans REALLY DID move to Canada because they didn’t like the way American politics were heading–15% of Loyalists moved to Canada and other parts of the British empire to protest American victory in the Revolutionary war
58QP TIL An egg that is old or bad will float in water, fresh eggs will sink in water.
awxx0 TIL that 1 in 4 Americans could not answer correctly that the Earth revolves around the sun (npr.org, 2014)
QJVnp TIL - Los Angeles, California people are Worst U.S. Drivers