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TIL they must only ever be referred to as "Canada Geese" not "Canadian Geese"

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EGGo TIL Nicolas Cage was once stalked by a mime.
d8Gk8 TIL that the record for the most overdue library book is 288 years. The book was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge by Colonel Robert Walpole (England) in 1667–68 and returned in 1956.
78PW7 [TIL] Mexican Heather is a real crowd-pleaser when it comes to attracting pollinators. Its bright, colorful flowers are like a beacon for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
GYk95 TIL that Gandhi wrote 2 letters to Hitler, one a month before the war and one in during it, both of which were intercepted by the British and never made it to Hitler.
ybep TIL any US citizen can take possession of an uninhabited island anywhere in the world so long as it contains guano deposits and is not within the jurisdiction of another government.