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TIL Belize is a Commonwealth state like Canada!

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VBOeQ TIL that Boeing bought 17 Airbus A340 aircraft from Singapore Airlines in exchange for brand new Boeing aircraft in 1999
xVMlo TIL of Hilberts Hotel. It can accomodate any number of new arrivals, even when it is already fully occupied. Surprisingly, it can even accomodate an infinite number of new arrivals, when already full. In both cases however, all guests must move to a different room.
NXPpJ TIL that in 1984, actress Mariska Hargitay, who plays Olivia Benson on Law & Order SVU, appeared in Ronnie Milsap's music video for "She Loves My Car", which was the first country music video to appear on MTV.
vjN8 TIL the ancestor of the first whales was a midsize, land dwelling mammal
0d745 TIL the fastest speed ever registered by a male while downhill skiing backwards is 82.92 mph (133.46 km/h) achieved by Anders Backe in Vikersund, Buskerud, Norway earlier this year.