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TIL that September 9th is the most common birthday in the United States

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0woxy TIL that in 2011, there was a riot in Vancouver following the defeat of the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL Stanley Cup Championship with 140 injuries, 1 death, and about $5 Million in damages.
WkklA Everything around us is made of atoms, but it turns out that the building blocks of the Universe are far stranger than that
KY6pB TIL that in 1987, Morocco applied to join the European Communities (the precursor to the European Union). The application was rejected on the grounds that Morocco was not considered to be a "European country" and hence could not join.
Y4dG TIL that Millions of Europeans and Russians were captured as slaves by Ottoman and African Barbary pirates. The coastline from Venice to Malaga was largely depopulated.
JYwdQ TIL an almost perfectly preserved dinosaur was found in a Canadian oil sands mine in 2011. The 2,500 pound fossil was unveiled to the public in 2017 and is currently on display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Alberta, Canada.