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TIL that in Detroit, you can head south and get to Canada.

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78nN7 TIL during the last year of his life Jim Morrison would drink 3 bottles of whiskey per day
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negWB TIL most maps distort the size of many countries. Greenland and South America tend to look roughly the same size even though South America is 8.2 times larger. Canada is also smaller than the typical representation, and South Africa much larger.
jN6RR TIL that a Great Storm devastated England in 1703. The damage included more than 400 destroyed windmills; in some the sails turned so fast that the friction caused the wooden wheels to overheat and catch fire, burning them down.
5Lmp TIL Criminal psychopaths don’t involuntarily feel emotional empathy for others, but seem to be able to intentionally turn it on and feel it.