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TIL Canada has a special postal code for Santa Claus’s address

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Ekjd TIL that Columbian drug cartels have custom-designed fibreglass submarines to smuggle cocaine. They’re designed to carry about 4 people and are extremely hard to detect.
x6KL7 TIL that in 2004, Graham Norton hosted "The Graham Norton Effect" on Comedy Central. It received negative reviews and was cancelled after one season.
E6dd TIL that The Longest Straight Line You Can Sail on Earth is Pakistan to Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia – 20000 miles
KOw64 TIL that Charles Joughin, Chief Baker on Titanic, helped passengers board life boats (forcibly boarding those who thought it safer to stay on the ship), drank a 1/2 bottle of liqueur, then threw chairs overboard for use as flotation devices, rode the side of the ship down while it sunk, and survived
r8X4 TIL Lucy was a chimp who was raised as a human. She was forced back into the wild at the age of 12 when she was more human than ape. A year later, her remains were found with her skin, hands, and feet taken by poachers. It is believe she openly approached them due to her friendliness towards humans.