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

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BrMPy TIL That the first Christmas party held at the US Embassy in the USSR featured three performing seals, who came into the room balancing a Christmas tree, a tray of glasses, and a bottle of champagne. Afterward, the seal's trainer (quite drunk), passed out, and the seals galloped freely in the house.
ZpEXo TIL in 1835, President Andrew Jackson successfully paid off the debt of the United States. The only time in history this has ever been accomplished.
yR7J TIL there is a pig chief character named Spa'am in “Muppet Treasure Island.” Hormel Foods (the makers of Spam) filed a lawsuit against Jim Henson Productions which failed. The judge who dismissed it said “one might think Hormel would welcome the association with a genuine source of pork.”
jNvPE TIL: Rodents cannot vomit which is why poison is such an effective way of getting rid of them
1aZXV TIL: A Russian man saved the world by ignoring the commands of a missile detection system. His gut instincts were correct. it was a false alarm. There were no nukes coming from the United States. It was some clouds that fooled the sensors.