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TIL Canada is considered a third-world country by Netflix in terms of broadband internet rankings.

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6ElWY TIL the original Wrigley Field was in Los Angeles, not Chicago. It hosted the Angels their first season in the American League and Home Run Derby.
VZ64 TIL: 2,000-year-old seeds were discovered in 1963 inside an ancient jar in Israel. They were planted in 2005 and a tree that had been extinct for over 1800 years sprouted.
9rQ6 TIL that Nikola Tesla was an advocate of sterilizing criminals and people with mental problems, and he believed that by 2100 people who aren’t “desirable parents” shouldn’t be able to breed.
womMJ TIL In 1951, W.E.B. Du Bois was being indicted by the US government for failing to register as a "foreign agent". The judge dropped the case right after Albert Einstein offered to appear as a character witness.
rMQw TIL in Victorian London it was theorized that diseases like Cholera (which killed tens of thousands) were spread by bad-smelling air, until a scientist named Jon Snow determined water was the culprit - he became known as the father of modern epidemiology.