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TIL a common year (aka non-leap year) begins and ends on the same day of the week

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BgJne TIL about the OODA loop - a process created by a US Airforce Pilot instructing one to - Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. He applied the concept to combat operations, but its since been expanded to many areas of life, including commercial operations and even parenting
dDjRr TIL about skunk cabbage - a Canadian plant that is capable of creating temperatures tens of degrees above ambient in order to melt its way through frozen ground! Thanks to this truly Canadian feature, skunk cabbage blooms while there is still snow and ice on the ground.
6Ly8 TIL that the founder of the modern frozen food industry, Clarence Birdseye, was inspired when ice fishing in Labrador, Canada, in -40°C weather. He discovered that the fish he caught froze almost instantly and tasted fresh afterwards unlike the slowly frozen seafood sold in New York.
d85RK TIL that in the 80's, Canadian retailer Zellers used to wholesale pirate Atari 2600 games, only minimally changing box art and names
nWa4G TIL that a money raising attempt by former Mexican President and General Santa Anna (responsible for losing the Texas Revolution) led to the invention of chewing gum in the United States.