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TIL that, in 1945, Canada was asked how many Jewish refugees it would allow in. Canada’s Foreign Minister Frederick Blair replied: “None is too many.”

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5YMGP TIL the singer of Midnight Oil, most famous for the song Beds are Burning, has served as Minister for School Education and Minister for the Environment of Australia
VBVPp TIL that Jimmy Carter is the only US President to serve a full term without nominating a Supreme Court justice
gM7L4 TIL in the US in the late 19th Century it was briefly fashionable for people to form "13 Clubs" where they would dine in groups of 13, walk under ladders, spill salt at the table, etc. to demonstrate their lack of superstition. Several future US Presidents participated.
N7MNM TIL Otters have the thickest fur of any animal - as many as 1 million hairs per square inch
60ow TIL that when Benjamin Franklin died in 1790, he willed the cities of Boston and Philadelphia $4,400 each, but with the stipulation that the money could not be spent for 200 years. By 1990 Boston’s trust was worth over $5 million.