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TIL 43% of Canadians would rather have bacon than sex.

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r7Ad TIL The highest peak east of the Mississippi,Mount Mitchell was named after Elisha Mitchell, who, when verifying his measurements of the mountain, fell to his death at one of the falls on the mountain…Which they ended up naming “Mitchell Falls”.
PYLOG TIL of the 1800s ‘Berners Street Hoax’, where a prankster managed to get countless people, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, to show up at 54 Berners Street all on the same day. Police had to be called to try and corral the hundreds of tradesmen and visitors as the street descended into chaos.
8xaV TIL Cryos, the world’s largest sperm bank, has started turning down redheaded donors because there is too little demand for their sperm
wJLE TIL that Doug’s neighbors on the 90’s cartoon Doug were named Mr. and Mrs. Dink because “DINK” means Double Income No Kids.
6E7WZ TIL in 1955 shortly after Charlie "Bird" Parker died, graffiti began popping up in NYC saying "Bird Lives". It was some of the earliest graffiti in New York, predating its rise by about 15 years.