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TIL California has a bigger population than Canada.

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WpXX TIL that the programming language ‘Python’ is named after Monty Python
xBA1 TIL that there IS such a thing as transparent aluminum and it is a viable replacement for bulletproof glass.
R5aa9 TIL Of the Bre-X fraud. The Canadian mining company was a penny stock that reportedly found billions of dollars of gold in Indonesia. The stock skyrocketed but collapsed following the suicide of one of the geologists and discovery that the core samples were salted.
wLY88 TIL of the 13 languages attested from before 1000BC, only two (Ancient Chinese and Mycenaean Greek) have descendants which continue to be spoken to this day
g75D TIL: Hitler had a framed pic of Henry Ford. Not only did Hitler specifically praise Ford in Mein Kampf, but many of Hitler’s ideas were a direct reflection of Ford’s racist philosophy