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TIL 7368 Canadians served in the Second Boer War

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vPNp7 TIL that Coronals on the sun carry electric currents
P1VVZ TIL in 2020 a man in Como, Italy stepped outside to cool off after fighting with his wife and ended up walking 450km. His walk eventually ended a week later when he was stopped in Fano and fined €400 for breaking the curfew. His wife, who had reported him missing, travelled to Fano to collect him.
7rWQM TIL the Great British Knot Experiment found that cords have a much smaller chance of tangling when their ends are tied together to form a loop. The result has also been used by pharmacologists to control microscopic loops in DNA and viruses.
NolE TIL That when Crystal Pepsi was released, Coca-Cola released a competitor called Tab Clear… the only caviat being that Tab Clear was designed from the start to be poorly marketed and hurt Crystal Pepsi’s image, thereby killing off both products. Both campaigns died 6 months later.
M7kmm TIL about the first ever treatment for vitiligo. it can actually restore pigmentation.