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TIL Canada has a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve- much like the US has a strategic reserve of gasoline

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D15mD TIL that Chad Stahelski, director of the John Wick movies, was Keanu Reeve's stunt double in the Matrix trilogy
WAA9 TIL that the Germans invented an infared scope during WWII. A 13-kilogram battery pack was worn on the back, and the scope could be used for 15 minutes at a time. It was codenamed “Vampir”
dDVXB TIL Human Brains make up the color yellow from what we see as overlapping red and green. Humans simply can’t see the color yellow directly.
GYYwG TIL that although outlawed in 1911, the ban on the Chinese practice of footbinding only began to be enforced six years ago.
PjkJ TIL That there are people in the world that think nuclear bombs are impossible and that every explosion has been faked for propaganda including Hiroshima and Nagasaki.