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TIL that President Bush wrote personal letters to the families of over 4,000 troops who died in the two wars.

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N7lx8 TIL there is a city in Alaska where most of the residents live in one big building which also houses many of its public facilities.
p8oBG TIL Ontario's Dog Owner's Liability Act ('DOLA') stipulates that a dog owner(s) assumes liability for damages caused by dog bites or attacks. This is strict liability test because it does not depend on an owner's negligence, fault, or the animal's known propensity to act aggressively.
9LJX TIL that a Harvard School of Public Health study found that people who smoke weed tend to have lower levels of insulin, better cholesterol, and smaller waist circumferences than people who don’t smoke weed even after adjusting for things like age, race, alcohol or tobacco use, and activity levels.
gM84D TIL the opposite of "paranoia" is "pronoia": a person's belief, without evidence, that the world around them is conspiring to do them good or otherwise help them.
Wbeo TIL that 7 of the first 8 Olympic Gold Medals in The Hammer Throw, were won by Irishmen born within a 30 mile radius of each other