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TIL Canada doesn't have internal free trade

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og08 TIL there is a Gameboy that survived a barracks bombing during the Gulf War. It stills works to this day.
D1pPp TIL: The UK eats more baked beans than the rest of the world combined.
YW9B TIL that after their only son died at the age of 15, Leland Stanford founded Stanford University and told his wife that “the children of California shall be our children.”
4Xw8b TIL the Library of Congress estimates 75% of all silent films are lost forever. The largest cause of silent film loss was intentional destruction, as before the era of television, films were viewed as having little future value when theatrical runs ended.
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