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TIL Canada’s debt has increased 25.4% since ‘Conservative’ Stephen Harper was first elected as PM in 2006.

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rKa0 TIL Animal Crossing was originally a Japan exclusive game ported to America, but Japan was so impressed with the results of the translation they wanted it translated back into Japanese.
W7e1B TIL that when the Nazis threatened to execute Archbishop of Greece Damaskinos for speaking against the deportations of the Greek Jews he replied: "According to the traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church, our leaders are hanged, not shot. Please respect our traditions."
VM1mm TIL Sometime around 1500 A.D., an African farmer planted a maize seed imported from the New World. Today, maize accounts for more than half the calories people consume in many African countries. Maize supplanted Africa’s own historical grain crops—sorghum, millet, and rice
9mam TIL it is possible to survive a nuclear blast inside a bankvault, and this is because they are designed specifically to withstand the blast pressure.
d8djQ TIL about David Harding who was addicted to Irish sausages, eating up to 13 Irish sausages a day and often desperately searching for more. Noting "I genuinely cannot bear the thought of living without sausages" he sought counseling to deal with his addiction.