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TIL Canada has banned members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering their country due to hate speech.

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n7Qo TIL that the longbow was such an effective medieval weapon that the Duke of Wellington wanted to use a corps of longbowmen at the Battle of Waterloo, in 1815
vrZ8 TIL Japan has a desert that is approximately 30 square kilometers and attracts up to 2 million visitors annually
Z8aN4 TIL hammerhead sharks have never killed a human. there have only been 17 unprovoked shark attacks by hammerheads since records begin in 1580, all non-fatal!
b6LVp TIL: Battle of Blair Mountain: The largest labor uprising in America. A five day battle between 10,000 miners and 3,000 lawmen and strike breakers
xVVyg TIL the United States has released or pardoned more people for treason than it has executed.