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TIL Before there was year-round scheduled ferry service to Prince Edward Island, "professional ice-boat people" were offering passage there as early as the 1820s. During winter crew members and economy passengers got out of the boat and haul 24km over ice covered waters

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b6jPN TIL Grand Theft Auto IV's fictional radio station 'WKTT' included spoken rants submitted by real fans as part of a 2007 contest by Rockstar Games. Fans could call a real number for the station and have their rants recorded for a chance to have their voice included in the game.
4kV8J TIL that in Connecticut, high school graduates earn an average of $11,439 more annually than non-Graduates, which is the largest gap in the United States.
bxNj TIL that in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, many people bribe officials to declare their relatives legally dead, thus gaining ownership of their land. This led to the formation of an organisation called The Uttar Pradesh Association of Dead People, to advocate for those wrongly declare dead.
LkaM9 Today I learned that guests at a wedding in Serbia accidentally shot down a small plane with celebratory gunfire.
9jAX TIL that while projections show Islam and Christianity having population booms into 2050, atheism is expected to dwindle as time goes on. The main reason is atheists have extremely low fertility rates in comparison to Christians and Muslims.