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TIL that Canadian National Railway Co (CNI) largest shareholder is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Y7nBd TIL Nickelback's album "Silver Side Up" was released on September 11, 2001
GkjN TIL the US pays on average 15% more for sugar than the rest of the world do to the Farm Bill. This may also be the reason soft drinks switched over to High Fructose Corn Syrup.
kQ71 TIL BBC News was broadcast to Nazi occupied Europe, with live Big Ben tolls. German physicists found a way to determine the weather conditions in London based on the bell tone, thus offering invaluable help to the Luftwaffe.
N77BE TIL the longest running operation in the US Air Force is Operation Christmas Drop, which is a training mission where toys and treats are airdropped into Micronesia.
9wJOp TIL in 1958 the USAF lost a nuclear bomb in the waters off Georgia as the result of a mid-air collision. It has never been found.