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TIL, the entire population of California (38M) is more than the entire country of Canada (35M), with California only having 163,000 sq. miles to Canada’s 3.85 million sq. miles.

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DnLY TIL that Nirvana was kicked out of their own release party for Nevermind because of a food fight.
5pKp TIL sea level rise is attributed to ice melting on land, not ice melting on the sea. Like a glass of water with ice; the volume doesn’t change when it melts, so we need to beware of Greenland and Antarctica’s ice melting.
yA8 TIL the FBI keeps a publicly-available list of every gang name they come across, indexed by state, and some of the names are hilarious.
NLLb TIL On April 18, 1930, the BBC announced, “There is no news today,” and played piano music instead.
OAE6 TIL that the creator of the Paddington Bear stuffed toy was Jeremy Clarkson’s mother