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

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ajGb TIL In 2004, a group in Melbourne, Victoria organised an event where 30 men would grow a moustache for 30 days in order to raise awareness for prostate cancer and depression in men. The group later formed into the “Movember Foundation Charity” which has since raised $174-million worldwide.
0dAgM TIL the first Ariane 5 launch failed because software engineers left redundant code from the previous version of the rocket. A 64-bit FP variable was made as an input to a 16 bit integer, resulting in an integer overflow that crashed the rocket's launch computer.
Ybbx TIL a comedian named Tommy Cooper died on stage and the audience thought it was part of the show.
wLk1Y TIL if a service dog approaches you without it’s owner, the owner is down or in need of help.
Wkg6N TIL that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital receives most of its funding from American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities. Both were founded by Danny Thomas, as second generation Lebanese American.