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TIL about “The Slash”, a man-made 6.1m wide and 2,171km long track of deforestation that demarcates portions of the border between Canada and the U.S.

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VB0p0 TIL that Andy Warhol was secretly a devout Byzantine Catholic, who attended church almost daily. At one point, he financed his nephew’s studies for priesthood, and was also responsible for at least one religious conversion. Warhol’s brother described him as “really religious”.
QnvL TIL Thomas-Alexandre Dumas the father of novelist Alexandre Dumas. Was a general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking person of color of all time in a European army. He was the first person of color in the French military to become general-in-chief of a French army
6ER6m TIL about Alice Guy-Blaché, the first female film director, one of the first directors of a narrative fiction film, and the director of the first film with an all-African-American cast. After she retired, she tried to rectify her absence from the historical record and get credit for her works.
X6vj TIL that the British government’s advisor on illegal drugs was fired in 2009 after arguing that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol and tobacco.
QOp6 TIL a nursing home in Sweden changed their employees’ workdays from 8 to 6 hours per day and found it increased productivity and reduced staff turnover