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TIL 'Bhang' is an edible cannabis product that has been used in India since 1000 BC

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oR4D7 TIL in 10 years, mid '60s to mid '70s, the transport across the Atlantic went from steam powered liner ships to mach 2 supersonic airliner.
8RNG TIL British police cars are issued with a teddy bear as standard, so as to console children involved in accidents.
6jVX TIL 27% of Canadian university graduates do not have the basic level of literacy traditionally required to function in modern society.
9yKM TIL spelling bees are a particularly American/British phenomenon. Other languages spell their words so intuitively that one can easily spell them just by hearing them. English, on the other hand, contains Latin, Greek, Germanic, etc. roots, not to mention whole words borrowed from other languages.
rRQ51 TIL three cows that were swept off an island in North Carolina during Hurricane Dorian were found alive on a different island. Cape Lookout National Seashore Park officials say they believe the three stranded cows swam up to five miles.