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TIL Canada's original gothic Parliament Building, including the Victoria Tower, was destroyed by fire in 1916. Only the Library survived intact, by an employee who closed the iron doors connecting the Library to the rest of the building

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0wn5v TIL the UK's Secret Intelligence Service is said to train secret agents in field operations at a star-shaped 1700's castle called Fort Monckton. It is known as No.1 Military Training Establishment & is guarded by razor wire, high intensity lighting & an "in-house" security staff.
GY5gg TIL Despite being only 13 percent of the population, African Americans make up nearly half (49 percent) of all wrongful convictions.
d8dlQ TIL Emilio Salgari, Italy's greatest adventure writer and the "Father of Spaghetti Western", never traveled outside Italy, all he knew about foreign cultures he learned from books and travel manuals.
m1nJx TIL Friday Feb 16th 2024 will be known as the black friday to the GOP
OGLLa TIL Princess Alice of Battenberg, the mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II, organized soup kitchens and orphanages during the Nazi occupation of Greece. She would give away her own food to people on the street and she hid Jews in her home. She was also born deaf.