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TIL that Canada was the third country to go to space

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b6klj TIL that the Golden Rule, treat others the way you want to be treated, can be found in a story from ancient Egyptian religion titled 'The Eloquent Peasant' dating back to Egypt's Middle Kingdom (2040–1650 BC).
lELK TIL That the state of Alaska has the highest amount of sexual offenders per million citizens than any other state.
N7JjN TIL New research shows that men tend to like most profiles on Tinder, while women only swipe right on the people they’re actually attracted to. Men are less likely to send messages: only seven percent of men who matched with a fake profile sent a message, compared with 21 percent of women
jL8N TIL There is a infant herpes outbreak in NYC, due to the Orthodox Jewish tradition known as oral suction circumcision
GAmR5 TIL When Maximilien Robespierre was elected to the Committee of Public Safety, it was to fill a vacancy left by a member who had fallen ill