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TIL Canada has the highest levels of greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the world. Higher than the United States and China.

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b60g7 TIL about the Oklo Mine, site of the only known naturally occurring nuclear reactor on Earth.
Jeyv TIL a former tram driver in Vienna stole a tram and took it for a drive while the real driver was in the bathroom. He did it because he missed his job.
YNmx TIL North Korean spies stationed abroad have to receive training on how to shop in supermarkets, use credit cards and visit clubs, as these amenities are not commonplace in North Korea.
oo4E TIL the US has been sending checks annually for $4,085 to Cuba for the lease of Guantanamo Bay. Since 1959, only one check has been cashed…Fidel Castro keeps the rest locked in his desk drawer.
DDAr TIL that Garrett Hardin, author of “The Tragedy of the Commons” later acknowledged that having resources shared in common did not inevitably end badly, and that he should have titled his essay “The Tragedy of the Unmanaged Commons”