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TIL that the Canadian flag was created because Egypt rejected Canada as a peacekeeping country.

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woPWM TIL that Larry Bird was nicknamed "The hick from French Lick" in reference to his hometown of French Lick, Indiana.
wXeJ TIL there are only two poisonous snakes: the Japanese grass snake and Common garter snake.
krBB TIL a drug known as “reverse marijuana” exists, which induces a pharmacological response exactly opposite to that of THC: suppresses appetite, betters short-term memory, etc.
YAkx TIL of the Yaghan word “Mamihlapinatapai”; the world’s hardest to translate word which allegedly means “a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin”
K8vR TIL on this day in 1981, Ronald Reagan fired 11,345 air traffic controllers