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TIL that Mall of America and American Dream Meadowlands are owned by Canadians

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x6yKo TIL the largest island in Denmark is Zealand but it's not related to New Zealand (which was named for Zeeland in the Netherlands).
mxxvE TIL Dean Norris, the actor who played Hank in Breaking Bad, was also in the original Total Recall (1990). He played Tony, the butt-faced mutant friend of 3 boob girl.
d8bnd TIL Robin Williams and Bobcat Goldthwait used to appear together at comedy clubs under the names “Jack Cheese” and “Marty Fromage”
5YP08 TIL of Hatty, a Labrador retriever who was sworn in as an IL County "Comfort Dog." Her paw was on a law book as an oath was read. Hatty's job is to comfort sexual trauma victims during testimony and interviews; the dog will work 9 - 5 on up to 200 cases per year. She was trained by prison inmates.
W7V0N TIL About the purple Earth hypothesis. It states that the Earth may have been more purple in colour due to retinal being used instead of chlorophyll by the microorganisms in Earth's environmentally harsh past.