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TIL Canadians eat maple syrup covered snow on a stick.

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RmB9 TIL non-functional thermostats are used in many office buildings across the United States. These “placebo” thermostats are instead installed to give employees an illusion of control.
5VGVQ TIL that in 2017 Switzerland denied a woman citizenship despite her living there for several years because she was “annoying” and didn’t respect Swiss culture
jJrR TIL that during the Aurora movie theater shooting, a man left his girlfriend and two small children in the theater, ran to his car, and drove away. He later proposed to his girlfriend at the hospital. She said yes.
Merl0 TIL that in 1998, the City of Des Moines, Iowa rejected a pedestrian bridge design for being "too modern." The design was based on plans made by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1504.
lgaA TIL that along with being accused of cannibalism, early Christians in the Roman Empire were considered atheists because they denied all the other gods