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TIL that the Philippine's crime rate dropped to a near zero during the Pacquiao vs Mayweather boxing match

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Y77xW TIL that Maine is the closest U.S. state to Africa.
odWA TIL when Sally Ride was preparing to launch as the first US woman in space in 1983, reporters asked questions like “Do you cry when things go wrong on the job?” and “Will the flight affect your reproductive organs?”
7rWW7 TIL that Canada declared war on Japan in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor before the United States declared war the next day.
P7Xn TIL there’s a ‘spider-tailed’ viper thats tail mimics the appearance and movement of a spider in order to lure prey.
byJ9 TIL that in 2001, the heavily-indebted airline AirAsia was bought by Tony Fernandes’ company for One Malaysian ringgit (US$0.26) with (40 million MYR) US$11 million worth of debt. He turned the company around and produced profit in a year.