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TIL about Canuck the Crow, a crow that stole a knife from a crime scene in Vancouver

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KOZ4R TIL that the dust storm that sets off the events in the film "The Martian" isn't plausible because the atmosphere on Mars is about 1% as dense as Earth's and the winds in the strongest Martian storms top out at about 60 miles per hour, unlikely to tip or rip apart major mechanical equipment.
e0Xdn TIL that from 1541 until 1845 bowling was illegal in England for the working class except on Christmas and only in the presence of their boss
mxWDx TIL Between 2006 and 2007 Poland’s prime minister and president were identical twin brothers, making them the first brothers in history to hold a country’s prime ministership and presidency at the same time.
jNVEX TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio is named after the artist Leonardo da Vinci, as his pregnant mother was standing in front of a da Vinci painting the first time she felt him kick.
D1D5p TIL that the world uses 27,000 trees worth of toilet paper every day.