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TIL that the easternmost point of Canada is closer to Croatia than to Vancouver

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e0nkg TIL that Dr. Seuss wrote a book about political tension, the arms race, the threat of nuclear weapons, and the Cold War in 1984
gM9y TIL many silent actors succumbed to a condition known as “Klieg eyes” where their retinas were damaged due to the heavy lighting required by film stocks of the time
wBY6 TIL of American military officer Roddie Edmonds, whose unit was captured during WW2. When asked by his Nazi captors to identify the Jewish soldiers under his command, Edmonds replied, “We are all Jews here.” He saved as many as 200 Jewish-American soldiers from execution.
rngy TIL in Rocky (1976), Rocky 2 (1979), and Rocky Balboa (2006), Rocky’s pet turtles Cuff and Link were the same two turtles each time. 30 years of acting experience.
loAa TIL there are four major countries that face population decline in the next 40 years: Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia. Russia’s population is expected to fall 22% by 2050.