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TIL The Statue of Liberty was originally designed for the Suez Canal in Egypt

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W7ZmA TIL that Québec bans dessert-like cannabis edibles because of their potential appeal to minors. The provincially-run dispensaries sell edibles like mini-sausages, ramen, nuts, and poutine sauce.
WmrN Today I learned that the price of admission for a zoo in 18th century England was a dog or a cat – they were fed to the lions.
YoEB TIL Disney decided against making Giselle from Enchanted a Disney Princess because they would have to pay for lifelong rights to Amy Adams’ image.
md5p TIL that San Marino holds a national holiday whenever their national football team scores a goal.
BZPb TIL artist Chuck Close, renowned for his large photo-realistic portraits, suffered a stroke at age 48 which left him paralyzed from the neck down. However, he continued painting, using chunks of paper, finger prints and paint blobs to create the same photo-realism effect, just at a lower resolution.