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TIL Canada and the US have 5 territorial disputes: 4 maritime and 1 land; although, the land dispute is also a small island.

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nWmN7 TIL National Geographic editor Bill Garrett was fired from the magazine in 1990 because he wanted to publish more controversial features that raised production costs and stories about AIDS, Exxon Valdez oil spill were published under his direction
rN6Nw TIL that a portuguese writer had his books criticized by the portuguese goverment, which made him go into exile in Spain, however, he ended up being known in Portugal and when he died his body returned to his country.
LOP9 TIL that swallowing semen after oral sex reduces the risk of HIV transmission
kJr9d TIL that the term “brain freeze” to describe a cold-stimulus headache was only invented in 1991, and is a trademark of 7-Eleven.
KRRE TIL of a 1993 proposal to build a giant advertising billboard in outer space that would appear roughly the same size and brightness as the moon. The project didnt meet funding and inspired a bill to ban all advertisement in outer space.