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TIL that prior to 2006, Canada Border Services Agency agents were not armed and were not allowed to arrest and detain individuals at the border for non-customs related violations of Canadian law.

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dw4d TIL that stores use the ‘Goldilocks pricing’ technique where one item is too expensive, one too cheap and the middle just right, to influence the buyer. Also Prestige or Premium pricing is when one item is given a huge prize tag simply because people will think it’s better and buy it.
xV1Qk TIL about the Gnostic Gospels. Early Christian texts that claim the creator god from the old testament is actually the devil and salvation can only be reached through a personal relationship with an abstract higher power.
bZmZ TIL that even when a mouse population has enough resources- it will experience a societal breakdown when it runs out of space and then die off completely.
5E0B TIL Although GPS is free for the entire world to use, its operating cost alone is $2 million a day.
OoGmL TIL that the scientific name for llamas is lama glama