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TIL that only 24% of Canadians know that Queen Elizabeth is their head of state

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5Y70R TIL there are only two living species of alligators on earth: the American Alligator and the Chinese alligator, the latter being critically endangered.
0wdwj TIL In the skies over Germany in WWII, a badly damaged American B-17 was escorted out of enemy airspace by a German fighter ace who could've easily shot them down. Years later after the war, Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler reunited and became lifelong friends.
EJ6W TIL “Maple syrups” Mrs. Butterworth’s, Aunt Jemima and Log Cabin do NOT countain ANY Maple products. Flavour comes from corn syrup and caramel.
PYyWO TIL that it was widely assumed that infants felt no pain and they routinely underwent major surgeries without anesthesia up until infant pain was formally recognized in 1987.
4XrR5 TIL about Mongolian surgeon Sergelen Orgoi who developed low cost liver transplant technique which cost only 3-5k usd only.