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TIL Homer Simpson is an honourary citizen of Winnipeg

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6ErZY TIL boom mic operator on the original Star Wars, Ken Nightingall, AKA the 'Pink Shorts Boom Guy', was uncredited for his work on Star Wars and, despite it winning both a BAFTA and an Academy Award for best sound, wasn't included on the award citation either.
l7Mm1 TIL that Inuit from Greenland traveled to Scotland via kayak. The first recorded instance was in 1682, but it's possible Inuit had made the trip for hundreds of years prior. One of their kayaks is even preserved in Aberdeen, Scotland.
6EjKl TIL, "Nosferatu" (1922) was nearly deleted from history because of copyright infringement
kWN7 TIL Sexual abuse by nuns is just as prevalent as priests. Sexual abuse by nuns has gone largely unaddressed and unreported in part because of cultural biases about gender roles and sex. It seems to receive less publicity and scrutiny than abuse committed by priests
x65J7 TIL that Canada produced over 800,000 military trucks during WW2, more than Germany, Italy & Japan combined. In 1945 the Canadian Army had 1 vehicle for every 3 soldiers (the US Army had 1 for 7), making it the most mobile army on earth.