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TIL the US-Canada border is the longest border in the world without a military defense.

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LQygV TIL about a refrigerator in the 1920s co-designed by Albert Einstein for the poor. The Einstein–Szilard or Einstein refrigerator is an absorption refrigerator which has no moving parts, operates at constant pressure, and requires only a heat source to operate.
96kG TIL Congress passed the ‘No Fear Act’ in May 2002 ( “Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act) providing Whistleblower protection.
oJ6R TIL Nickelback was the second best-selling foreign act in the U.S. of the 2000s…. behind The Beatles
1awvd TIL A Tribe Called Quest once made a song called “ Georgie Porgie” that was so homophobic their record label refused to let them put it on the album
rMYM TIL male marathoners are 3x more likely than women to start a race at a pace they can’t sustain for 26 miles