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TIL It’s illegal to enter Canada with a DUI

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awaNo TIL when JFK was only 3 years old, his father Joseph Kennedy narrowly escaped the infamous 1920 Wall Street bombing planned by a group of anarchists who used a wagon full of lead weights as a bomb. The explosion killed 38 bystanders, however, Kennedy was thrown unharmed to the ground.
NGGQ TIL that the guy in the cowboy hat saving lives at the Boston Marathon bombings today tried to kill himself in 2004 after hearing that his son was killed in Iraq.
ne5Q9 TIL In Alaska, plants can grow freakishly large due to the 20 hours of sunshine they receive per day - which gives them a photosynthesis bonus. Examples include 138 lb cabbage, 65 lb cantaloupe, & 35 lb broccoli. A noted side effect is that the produce is also much sweeter due to the extra sunlight.
xV8kb TIL the United States has less operational high speed rail than North Africa; China has the world's largest amount of rail, whooping the pants off all of Europe combined. China 31K, Europe 18K, the US 54. That's not a typo, 54 miles. North Africa 186mi.
RXL7 TIL that an analysis of over 1300 Oscar acceptance speeches showed that Steven Spielberg was thanked more often than God!