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TIL that Canadians are required to answer a skill-testing math question to win contest prizes!

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ZGv4 TIL that as a child Elon Musk was bullied so severely he once had to be hospitalized because of a beating from other students
VM46Z TIL: Those with a criminal record have a hard time securing stable housing, even though access to it prevents more crime. When people with criminal records are given supportive housing, the use of state prisons and city jails drops by 74% and 40% respectively.
aaaN TIL that the Korean DMZ accidentally created one of the world’s most well-preserved nature reserves
GARG1 TIL In 1987, a Boeing 747 was hijacked by a lone attacker armed with dynamite from a gold mine. After 6 hours, the flight engineer hit the attacker over the head with a whiskey bottle. He was given a suspended sentence and then became a member of the House of Representatives of Fiji.
oB0Er TIL That at the 1999 US Open, Phil Mickelson’s caddie wore a beeper the whole tournament awaiting a message that Phil’s wife was about to go into labor with their first child. Phil also had a private jet on standby at a nearby airport to get to the hospital for the birth.