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TIL That one of Canada's political parties wants to make "Sorry" Canada's oficial motto

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KmV6 TIL in 1965, two astronauts in orbit reported: “We have an object, looks like a satellite going from north to south, probably in polar orbit…I see a command module and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit.”
yQxdV TIL that Yellow River (Huang He) in China had shifted its course in 1855 when the river breaches its northern levees, causing the river mouth to be shifted hundreds of kilometres, from Yellow Sea south of Shandong Peninsula, to Bohai Sea, north of Shandong Peninsula.
loN61 TIL that your nose can remember 50,000 scents.
rR5gw TIL that in 2005, cabbage was banned from Korean baseball after frozen cabbage leaves fell out of Doosan Bears' pitcher Park Myung-Hwan's cap mid-game. After an emergency meeting, KBO officials ruled that cabbage leaves are considered an “alien material” that is capable of disrupting a game.
v17jB TIL about the Australian bird the Bassian Thrush that farts to disturb worms while hunting.