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TIL that a 2022 survey showed that the average wait time to see a specialist in Canada after getting a doctor’s referral is 27.4 weeks - the longest wait time in the survey’s history.

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yVOr8 TIL the British had a secret WW2 plan called Operation Tracer to leave behind an observation post if the Germans captured Gibraltar. Six men were to be sealed inside a hidden chamber to observer the harbor and Strait of Gibraltar. They would have had 7 years of supplies and bicycle-powered radios.
P7LV TIL that the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber has been in continuous service April 1955 and with upgrades are expected to remain in service until at least 2040, a service life of more than 85 years
mmgE TIL - The first message ever sent over the internet(sent in 1969) was “LO” they were attempting to send the message “LOGIN” but the system crashed while processing all of the information
vPEr7 TIL about "The Party of Moderate Progress Within the Bounds of the Law", an Austro-Hungarian center-left Joke Political Party made to mock the cautious and measured approach of some mainstream political parties of the time.
AEN7 TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger’s parents thought he was gay because his bedroom walls were covered with posters of men.