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TIL Canada’s longest running military operation involves firing artillery rounds at mountains to trigger avalanches.

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EG6W TIL Dinosaurs were neither warm nor cold-blooded, instead “mesothermic” or in between
rKdW TIL scientists have discovered a way to turn female bone marrow into sperm, allowing women to reproduce without the need of male companionship
pG6p TIL when the 28 year-old Richard Branson bought Necker Island in the 1970s, the asking price was $5 million. Branson successfully negotiated it down to $180,000. The island is worth upwards of $200 million today.
OoDk6 TIL that Franklin Dixon, the author of over 200 Hardy Boys books which have sold over 70 million copies worldwide is not a real person but a collective pseudonym for dozens of authors who have written for the series. Canadian author Leslie McFarlane wrote 19 of the first 25 books.
OGZ4e TIL about 75 percent of persons who recover from alcohol dependence do so without seeking any kind of help, including specialty alcohol (rehab) programs and AA. Only 13 percent of people with alcohol dependence ever receive specialty alcohol treatment.