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TIL every year, Halifax gives a giant christmas tree to the people of Boston in gratitude for Bostons help during Halifax explosion recovery

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9wY9M TIL that the Yam postal system of the Mongol Empire covered 190 miles in a day, and was faster than the Pony Express used 600 years later
7rMJL TIL that Japanese prisoners who are on death row are informed on the morning of their execution.their relatives, lawyer are told afterwards.
9YrGB TIL in February 14, 1990 as the Voyager 1 completed its primary mission and was leaving the Solar System, NASA commanded it to turn its camera around and take one last photograph of Earth across a great expanse of space, at the request of astronomer Carl Sagan. The Earth is seen as a Pale Blue Dot.
689w TIL One of the “cures” for the Bubonic Plague was to fart in a jar and smell it.
D6eY TIL People are training rats to detect landmines. The rats are too light to set the mines off and can smell the explosive compound extremely well. The rats are very fast and can clear an area 3 times faster than use of electronic mine sweepers and with higher accuracy.