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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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e0lvD TIL on a 1995 visit to Washington D.C., Russian President Boris Yeltsin was found on Pennsylvania Avenue, drunk, in his underwear and trying to hail a cab in order to find pizza.
e0Qab TIL about heavy water, which is just water but slightly heavier
Wm5N TIL that in Great Britain, calling something “bollocks” (testicles) is a criticism but calling something “the dog’s bollocks” is a compliment.
5LpD TIL that before his Moon walk, Buzz Aldrin took communion secretly. Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair had brought a lawsuit against NASA objecting to the Apollo 8 crew reading from the Book of Genesis. O'Hair demanded that astronauts refrain from broadcasting religious activities while in space.
XEOZD TIL Heineken created a brick-shaped beer bottle to help build houses in impoverished countries.