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TIL 3 of the top 7 longest confirmed Sniper kills were by Canadians

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e0EmL TIL: During the 14th century ships arriving in Venice from infected ports were required to sit at anchor for 40 days. This practice is where we get the word "quarantine" from the Italian "quaranta" meaning "forty"
WkGLo TIL Cave painters used the flickering fire as an early form of animation!
REA8 TIL that the US now has more Spanish speakers than Spain, second only to Mexico.
X0LKD TIL Former US Navy Seal hero Chris Kyle claimed in his book the the US Government sent him to New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina to kill looters, he claims he sat on top of the Superdome and killed 30 people.
P9aE TIL every year, Norway gives a giant christmas tree to the people of London in gratitude for Englands help during WW2