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TIL adding “&gl=CA” to the end of a YouTube URL dramatically improves buffer speed.

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dDVQE TIL A Canadian man ordered Brylcreem, a hair styling product from a Canadian e-commerce site in 2012 and received the package in 2020
eVv4 TIL that “Winterfell” is the same castle used in “Month Python and the Holy Grail”. Doune Castle.
p86rN TIL that a long full grown beard without a mustache, like the type worn by Amish men, is called a "Shenandoah", which is not to be confused with the "chinstrap" which also is a beard without a mustache but does not extend below the jawline.
MVb TIL that a snake measuring 50 feet in length once roamed the earth, crushing its prey with a constricting force equivalent to lying under the weight of one and a half Brooklyn Bridges
lxJA TIL Kevin Smith once joined a group of protesters in demonstrating against his own movie Dogma.