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TIL the band The Band was formed in Canada and made up of mostly Canadians

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pw4Q TIL cows “moo” in different accents based on their region.
yQVLJ TIL Public poll names town's new gritters in UK
v1618 TIL TNT is not dynamite. They are actually very different. Dynamite is stabilized nitroglycerin, while TNT is short for its chemical name, trinitrotoluene. TNT was first used as an explosive in 1891. Dynamite was patented in 1867.
A40d TIL that in the 1880s, a man tried to make a living by jumping off bridges to gain fame and recognition. After he died penniless jumping off a low bridge on a drunken bet, his mother was quoted as saying: “I told him that jumping off bridges was a poor way of earning a living.”
evek TIL a study involving college students in the United States and Germany found that people who show hostility toward gay people are more likely to have same-sex desires.