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TIL some Canadian police departments issue ‘positive tickets’ thanking citizens for doing something good.

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WrML TIL that a middle school-er won an award for her science project, which found that on average 70% of the ice that comes from fast food restaurants is dirtier than toilet water.
Meol7 TIL That Frank Zappa introduced the Credit Card concept to Czechoslovakia in 1990 after he was named Special Ambassador to the West on Trade, Culture and Tourism.
8gbP TIL the engine in the Ford Model T was capable of running on gasoline, kerosene, or ethanol, making it the first Flex-Fuel vehicle.
o8o TIL that there’s a village in China where people have blonde hair and fair eyes, and it is believed that a lost Roman Legion might have settled in the village
b69xN TIL about the Gatun Dam. It was built to facilitate construction of the Panama Canal and was the largest damn in the world at the time.