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TIL The Detroit Lions went undefeated in the preseason the year they went 0-16.

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vP6B8 TIL The Only Country In The World that spreads across all four hemispheres is Kiribati
9Y1j7 TIL Of the SS Richard Montgomery, a sunken WW2 cargo ship carrying the equivalent of 1500 tons of TNT. If it explodes, it will generate a 5 meter tsunami, destroying coastal Kent.
ANrJo TIL that North Korea is the country with the most active soldiers per 1,000 people (almost 50 soldiers per 1,000 people), the US has 4 per 1,000 people.
gMpY4 TIL the Niger River, Africa's third longest, begins only 150 miles from the Atlantic ocean, but heads inland and curves south creating a boomerang shape. 2,600 miles later, it reaches the Atlantic ocean in Nigeria.
PYMKn TIL that every Canadian citizen in Canada can vote, including convicts and persons diagnosed with mental illness, with one exception - the Chief Electoral Officer.