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TIL the least densely populated countries (with at least 8 million citizens) are Australia and Canada.

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0wn9v TIl Nova Scotia gives Boston a Christmas tree every year as thanks. In 1917 a ship carrying explosives exploded near the city of Halifax, killing 1,500 people immediately and hundreds in the next few weeks. The city of Boston immediately sent doctors, supplies, and money by ship and train to help.
gg7A TIL that Superman was once bitten by Dracula, but as Superman is powered by the sun, the vampire immediately exploded.
xVZlb TIL Dalian, China, was ruled by Russia and it became the southern tip of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the main port of the eastern Russian empire. The Chinese government resumed control following the Second World War, though the city was jointly run with Russia until 1955
Lk7Gr TIL National Museum of American History considers "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "The X-Files" and "Star Trek" important parts of American culture, and has related props in collection
wLxAE TIL in 2011 Apple had over two billion dollars more in cash reserves than the US Treasury.