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TIL In 1996, Canada became the first country in the world to privatize its air navigation services.

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xAxo TIL There is an Island in the Bahamas Inhabited Only by Swimming Pigs
epB95 TIL of the Salerno Mutiny, in which 191 British soldiers refused to participate in the invasion of Italy at Salerno after believing they were returning to the U.K. Three men were initially sentenced to death while the rest were sentenced to prison. These sentences were eventually suspended.
wpYM TIL the Nigerian prince scam is so popular in Nigeria there was a hit song praising it.
MeApA TIL that the reason tigers are orange is because their prey see them as green. Deer, which are the main prey of tigers, are only capable of seeing blue and green light, which effectively renders them color-blind to red. Therefore, to deer, the tigers are seen as green.
94DD TIL that Claims of virgin births in U.S. near 1 percent