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TIL that Toronto has a courier service that only employs individuals with developmental disabilities. Delivery costs are on par with other couriers and its clients include many of Toronto's biggest businesses.

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9wpm6 TIL The absorptive surface area of the small intestine is about 250 square meters (almost 2,700 square feet)
99DX TIL Cardiovascular disease is 80% preventable through diet and exercise
gNNW TIL that the current CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, was also the first female employee at Google, in 1999.
JYwL1 TIL in 1940 Soviet secret police executed 22,000 Poles. After the war, Germany was blamed for the massacre and several German servicemen were falsely convicted at Allied trials after forced confessions. The real details of the executions did not come to light until 1989.
grlmA TIL that from 1860-1920, Ohioans headed the Presidential ticket on nine occasions and won all but two times, with Woodrow Wilson defeating them twice.