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TIL Canada is only 1.5% larger than the USA

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Yp1Mv TIL Research shows that children as young as 4 dislike and are willing to punish those who freeload off the work of other group members. They also make a distinction between those who freeload intentionally and those who have good reasons to be unable to contribute.
OPNY TIL that astronauts in zero gravity cannot burp, but they can fart.
a8g60 TIL Oscar De Priest was the only african-american congressman during this three terms in congress from Illinois 1929 to 1935. He was the first black congressman from outside the south, and the first to be elected to congress in the 20th century.
b6MbZ TIL , as a congressman, future 20th President James A. Garfield contributed to the Pythagorean Theorem by providing additional proof using a trapezoid.
1P04 TIL of Watermelon mosaic virus, a virus that “draws” circles on watermelons.