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TIL that the trail of Lewis and Clark can be partially tracked through the mercury left from their excrement

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4XMob TIL that the most effective sniper in WWI was a Canadian First Nations soldier named Francis Pegahmagabow who killed 378 Germans soldiers and captured 300 more.
Y7gN7 TIL that Caillou the Canadian animated series had a British dub!
7rRoL TIL that when chillies were first introduced to Japan, instead of eating them, people would grow them as small decorative plants or put them in their shoes to keep their toes warm.
gDEA TIL male chicks of egg-laying chicken strains serve no purpose in agriculture and are killed by high speed grinders, poisonous gas, neck breaking, electrocution, or suffocation as soon as their sex is determinable.
696QQ TIL the "Godfather of AI" regrets his life's work, thinks we will be the second smartest species on the planet, and thinks AIs "might take over" in 5 years