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TIL that the Canadian government will send you a flag that has been flown on top of the Parliament buildings. The current waiting list is over 100 years.

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ZDBY TIL life on Earth may have originated on Mars. NASA’s latest studies show that microbes on Mars may have come to Earth on a meteorite.
VP5G TIL that people used to send Vinegar Valentines to those that they despised. These were essentially insult cards with a picture and an insulting poem that were given on Valentine’s Day.
PeaG TIL the Walgreens pharmacy franchise grew from 20 to 400 stores during Prohibition due to liquor prescriptions.
kNKW TIL that a live snail was kept in a museum for years before anyone knew it was alive
16x4D TIL twice as much Wind power was created in America between 2017-2020 than 2013-2016 (22.8 GW vs 40.5 GW)