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TIL in 1956 Soviets proposed a joint project to build a dam across Bering Strait in order to warm the Arctic Ocean but it wasn’t found practicable by the US

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R5mv1 TIL there are ants that stink: "odorous house ants"
5YLXP TIL that as of the 2011 census, 44.1% of British Columbia identifies as irreligious.
b6v04 TIL that since 2002, the American National Archives stores important national documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution within argon-filled cases to inhibit their degradation.
G047 TIL of billionaire pastor, Edir Macedo, who is accused of using $2 billion in donations intended for charity overseas from his poor followers to buy jewelry, TV stations, and other businesses for himself
aemM TIL the word “apple” was originally used for any fruit. The word “fruit” only showed up much later.