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TIL “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” has five verses

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b9NxE TIL Canada had considered annexing the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean region. In the 1980s, local islanders in favor of joining the Canadian federation reached a peak support of 90%.
erA4 TIL nobody climbed Mount Everest in 2015. First barren spell in 41 years.
Wl8B TIL an orangutan named Pony was used as a sex slave in a village in Borneo. She would automatically ‘assume the position’ whenever a man neared her. It took over a year for authorities to free her because she was a favorite of the locals who fought against her release.
rRK9M TIL that Erik the Red discovered Greenland and called it Greenland despite being predominantly ice to attract people and lure them into settling there. He did this after being exiled from Iceland for manslaughter.
6986Q TIL one of Canadian Club whiskey's most important clients during US Prohibition was Al Capone who smuggled thousands of cases from a route from Windsor to Detroit.