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TIL of the Chinese social credit system, which will be used to exclude citizens from flights, schools, loans etc. Based on their "score" received from monitoring of everyday activity

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1aDkr TIL the Canadian government spent $28 million centuries after the War of 1812 to promote Americans as invaders in “a war of independence” for Canada, which became a country in 1867.
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1aGK8 TIL about the Flehmen response, or “stinky face.” When cats smell something they like, they open their mouths and curl up their lips because an organ on the roof of their mouths contains extra scent receptors that help them get a better whiff.
VBB94 TIL there are ‘Bat Flies’ which are wingless and spider-shaped, live on bat blood, and raise a single larva which develops inside the female, fed by internal lactating glands
7r8OO TIL Queen Victoria chose Ottawa to be Canada's capital