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TIL Besides Nunavut every Canadian province and Territory has a regional tartan recognized by Scotland

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d9jB TIL the term night stick comes from the fact that the NYPD used an 11 inch baton during the day called a “day stick” and a 26 inch baton at night called a “night stick”.
wyP1 TIL 40% to 50% of the genetic information found in your GI tract does not match anything that’s ever been classified before–not plant, animal, fungus, virus, or bacteria. We have no clue what it is. Biologists call it “biological dark matter.”
xGM5 TIL that in 2002, a bunch of kids made a shot-by-shot remake of Jurassic Park
wb9E TIL that within one year after a vasectomy, sixty to seventy per cent of vasectomized men develop antisperm antibodies.
E1mB0 TIL The difference between a ship and a boat is 60 metres anything less than 60 metres is a boat anything more is a ship