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TIL that Ted Cruz was born in Alberta.

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NbEM TIL That World Fairs are still happening and the next one will be in 2015 at Milan
9wVlM TIL that the invention of the modern TV remote control stemmed from a dislike of commercials.
bvlN TIL that Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd would say to his friends and family that we would never live to be thirty. He was 29 when he was killed in a plane crash while on tour.
l7kOV TIL about ‘Buzkashi’ where players on horseback compete for control of a dead goat instead of a ball.
yEpV TIL: In the late 1960s, all plants from a specific species of bamboo sprouted flowers at the same time, despite being separated by thousands of miles. Shortly after, all the plants died. The next mass flowering is predicted to come in 2090, when the bamboo completes its 120-year cycle.