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TIL: George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Al Gore are criminally inadmissible to Canada.

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Vvek TIL in 1862, Abraham Lincoln wrote to the cotton workers of Manchester, UK to thank them for their stance on anti-slavery.
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x6e9B TIL all British main battle tanks are equipped with a "boiling vessel", a water heater which the crew can use to boil hot water and heat meals. Introduced at the end of WW2, it is often referred to by tank crews as "the most important piece of equipment in a British armoured vehicle".
6EWD8 TIL that despite Power Rangers making Saban around $1 billion in its first year, the original cast was being given non-union pay of only around $2000 a month with no residuals and 12-17 hour days
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