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TIL that, in 1933 the Canadian government intentionally destroyed 15 tonnes of documentation regarding residential school victims

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gMd8y TIL that after being told a jet powered car can run on anything that burns, the President of Mexico rode it running on tequila.
BG1x TIL the original candidate for DC Comics’ first headlining black superhero was Black Bomber, a white racist who turned into a black superhero under stress. He was described by historian Don Markstein as “an insult to practically everybody with any point of view at all.”
kJBL5 TIL Since 2018 all new cars sold in the United States and Canada have had to include a backup camera. The first mass production car to include a backup camera was the Toyota Soarer in 1991, though concept cars such as the 1956 Buick Centurion had the feature aswell.
WLkN TIL that a candle’s flame burns millions of nano-diamonds every second
v1bRR TIL that during the raid to kill Bin Laden nobody brought a tape measure and a 6 foot Seal was used as a human tape measure to verify Osama Bin Laden's height.