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TIL the Canadian Parliament once discussed how the country would deal with a zombie apocalypse; then Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird declared that "Canada will never become a safe haven for zombies, ever"

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0dQWN TIL about the Chandelle, an advanced flight maneuver where an aircraft makes a climbing turn at a maximum performance level to gain the most altitude while reversing direction, used in both civilian aviation for proficiency and in military training for evasion.
9dZM TIL that the film ‘Waterloo’ had so many extras in the battle scene that the director was in command of the 7th largest army in the world
wnO6 TIL A 16-year-old Xhosa girl had a vision that to defeat the British soldiers the tribe should kill all the cattle and destroy the crops. Tens of thousands died in the resulting famine
EgMlX TIL about John L Burns, a 70-year-old veteran of the war of 1812 who was caught in the crossfire during the battle of Gettysburg in 1863; after being released from his confederate prison, he promptly arrested the traitorous stragglers and took up his flintlock against the rest.
PYRWZ TIL Bangladesh is the most populous country to not win an Olympic medal with a population of 170 Million. Whereas San Marino is the least populous country to win an Olympic medal with a population of only 34 Thousand.