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TIL, CBC had a contest to complete the phrase "as Canadian as ____" (by analogy with "as American as apple pie"). The winner: "as Canadian as possible, under the circumstances"

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ANGBa TIL In 1954, the CIA ordered Carcano rifle ammo for anti-communist forces. The leftover ammo and rifles were re-imported and sold wholesale to the public, including to Lee Harvey Oswald, who used them to assassinate JFK.
OKx4 TIL “knock on wood” derived from Pagans touching, tapping or knocking on trees believing they were the homes of fairies and dryads who would wake and bless them with luck.
xBY7 TIL - Today is the Anniversary of the first Episode of Dragon Ball that aired Feb. 26th, 1986
R9p1 TIL: The Minnesota historical society is older than the state of Minnesota.
l4mB TIL that, Beginning with “Irishmen & Irishwomen”, the Proclamation of the Irish Republic is the only one of its period to mention women equally.