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TIL the Miss Navajo Nation pageant requires contestants to butcher a sheep

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yVlOw TIL although New Brunswick is the only official bilingual province in Canada, the most bilingual province is Quebec (55% of bilingual Canadians) whose only official language is French
5Ywvp TIL an elevator with 6 people fell 84 floors in a Chicago skyscraper in 2018. All survived.
jNnjE TIL that MLK thought that the white moderate was the greatest stumbling block in the stride towards freedom
5MXp TIL after the Great Seattle Fire, the city decided to raise street levels downtown by 8 to 32 feet. During the transition, people had to climb ladders to cross a street then climb back down to sidewalk level on the other side. 17 drunks died by falling off streets and onto sidewalks below.
MD1K TIL Marvin Gaye, following his 1976 divorce, was ordered to give half the takings from his next album to his ex-wife. His next album was called “Here, My Dear”.