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TIL California has a higher population than Canada

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BeLb TIL politeness can kill. The “Wave of Death” is a polite gesture by a driver who waves on a jaywalker or car, indicating they’ll allow them to cross the street/intersection without checking if it’s safe for them to do so, causing an accident.
4XaDR TIL: Yosemite has two main valleys, Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy, but HH is flooded by a dam/reservoir built in 1923. John Muir and other environmentalists fought to block the dam and said of the valley’s spectacular beauty: “no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.”
WkKWB TIL about 36-year-old man who consumed so much dish detergent that he expelled "citrus smelling" foam from his mouth and anus and went into organ failure.
44y6 TIL Del Close, improv teacher of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Bill Murray, said on his deathbed, “I’m tired of being the funniest person in the room.”
5Yn1r TIL Peter Jackson made a huge push to get Andy Serkis nominated for his role as Gollum in ‘Lord of the Rings.’ The Academy denied his request, stating that the motion-capture performance was ineligible as it “technically wasn’t the actor being nominated for the role, but rather the character.”