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TIL Blowing out birthday candles increases bacteria on cake by 1,400%

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l7XJ5 TIL: The Government of Canada has an office that creates coats of arms for Canadian citizens, and that all Canadian Citizens may apply to the Governor General for a coat of arms and even an officially-recognized personal flag
nWroW TIL James Joseph Dresnok, a U.S. Army Soldier during the Korean War, defected to North Korea in 1962 and lived there until his death in 2016
M7joa TIL that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930's, meant to boost US manufacturing and farming, amplied the Great Depression's impact by collapsing global trade.
KYGvQ TIL there are more than 10 states of matter including time crystals
JO94 TIL there is a condition called Situs Inversus in which all of your organs are exactly mirrored from a normal person’s.