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TIL on 9/11 Canada landed 33k US bound passengers and 239 aircraft in what is known as Operation Yellow Ribbon. Locals then housed and fed the strangers for days afterward.

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d8yVr TIL the rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) is a threatened species of lizard primarily found on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola shared by the Republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Its name derives from the bony plated pseudo-horn on its head which resembles the horn of a rhinoceros.
8DBV TIL: The founder of Lululemon named it as such because he thought it would be funny to watch the Japanese try to pronounce it.
dD8Gj TIL Numerous breweries have made their own version of The Simpsons' Duff Beer. The results of these knockoffs has been lawsuits, destruction of merchandise, and the censorship of Duff on The Simpsons in France due to alcohol advertising laws.
rePo TIL there is a Rubiks Cube made for the blind
e09Ob TIL Silphium is an extinct plant that the Romans used as an aphrodesiac and contraceptive, and its seed's shape is linked with the heart symbol.