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TIL Canada declared war on Japan before the USA after Pearl Harbour

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ly4G TIL in 1974 ,Pharoh Rameses II’s mummy was issued an Egyptian passport and was received in France with full military honors befitting a king.
loeNB TIL: Rock-comedy band Tenacious D performed on-screen together for the first time in 90's stoner comedy 'Bio-Dome', starring Pauly Shore.
oR4pK TIL Astronomer George Ellery Hale, who built a 60" telescope and started a bigger 200" telescope, had an imaginary elf who acted as his advisor. His psychological problems got so bad it forced him to resign as director of Mount Wilson observatory
8abQK TIL where seedless watermelons come from. Much like how a donkey and horse can make a mule but the mule will be sterile, seedless watermelons are the infertile offspring between diploid (22 chromosomes) and tetraploid (44 chromosomes) seeded watermelons.
D9Gj TIL of Puppy Pregnancy Syndrome: an illness where people believe they are pregnant with puppies after being bitten by a dog.