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TIL That now the average Canadian is richer than the average American

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4XxlX TIL that it is not illegal to grow, possess and consume "magic mushrooms" (Psilocybe cubensis) here in Brazil (basically because we don't have a law against it) and there is even a web store selling them (alongside shitake, shiimeji and porcini mushrooms).
wEvP TIL that in 1956 soviet scientists proposed building a 55 mile dam spanning the Bering Strait with the intention of transforming the climate of North Asia, America, and northeastern Europe.
4knLb TIL that the oldest continuously-operating tattoo parlor in the world is in Jerusalem and has been tattooing pilgrims since 1300.
ne1Y TIL That scientists have theories about what happened BEFORE the Big Bang, and one of them involves time travel in an infinite, looping universe.
j6jbj TIL The summit of Mount Everest is not the farthest point on Earth away from the Earth's center. The summit of Chimborazo, a volcano in Ecuador, holds that designation due to Earth's slight equitorial bulge.