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TIL that LMFAO are an uncle and nephew duo
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TIL that of Canada’s history with slavery. Indigenous people made up TWO THIRDS of the slaves in Canada.
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TIL there was anti-slavery ship called the HMS Black Joke during the 1820s
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TIL The city of New York has paid for many one-way plane tickets to help the homeless relocate, even overseas, if they have a guaranteed place to stay.
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TIL The tea-bag was an accidental invention. This occurred in 1908 when tea merchant Thomas Sullivan distributed his tea samples in small, silken bags. His customers, not understanding that these were samples, dunked them and suddenly Sullivan was swamped with orders for his ‘tea bags’!
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TIL The teen who sold a kidney for an iPhone is now attached to a dialysis machine. He suffered organ failure, and is likely to be bedridden for life after suffering renal deficiency. He could get a transplant for $336,000 AUD on the black market - more than 80 times what he received for his kidney.