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TIL that the US-Canadian Border was known by the Plains Indians as "The Medicine Line" for it's seemingly magical ability to keep US troops from crossing it.

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gX69 TIL That Youtube has all of the Bill Nye the Science Guy episodes. Science still rules.
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