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TIL Canada has a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve

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E17kP TIL that the producers of Never Gonna Give you Up were the same ones that made You Spin Me Round
d8LXB TIL in January 2019, a hacker had gained access to over 4000 Nest security cameras. He spoke to the people via the camera, urging them to subscribe to a famous YouTuber.
oBQPR TIL the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped by Bockscar was originally targeted for the city of Kokura. But smoke from the burning town of Yahata, firebombed the previous day, blocked their aim, causing them to divert to the backup target, Nagasaki
XE7xX TIL of the Beale ciphers, which supposedly state the location of buried treasures worth approximately $43 million. Only one of the ciphers has been cracked, revealing the contents of the treasure. The other two stating the location and the treasure's owners (and next of kin) are yet to be solved.
XEg6r TIL: Worm-like amphibians called caecilians will eat the fatty skin of their mothers shortly after birth