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TIL that Canada signed the wrong line on the Japanese instrument of surrender at the end of WW2

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VMb8k TIL that the original Trefoil ("Radioactive") symbol was replaced by a red, more grotesque version including a skull and crossbones (ISO 21482), after 3 people died when they carried and dismantled a Cobalt-60 radiation source, not recognizing the symbol.
xV9Vg TIL Air Inuit has provided vital passenger (both scheduled and charter), cargo and emergency air transport services to remote Northern Quebec – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year – for over 40 years since 1978. Air Inuit is 100% owned by the Inuit of Nunavik
enL5 TIL modern archaeologists have been able to trace almost every move of the Lewis and Clark expedition because they used mercury ladden laxatives which traces can still be found in the soil
lo9mA TIL that turkeys can fly up to 60 miles an hour despite their 20 pound heft. They roost high up in the trees at night, but spend most of their time on the ground, causing the misconception that they are incapable of flight at all.
r5od TIL Iran once arrested 14 squirrels for spying