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TIL in 2009 Canada passed the Apology Act, which declared an apology is not an admission of fault and cannot be used as evidence.

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ReL6 TIL that Andrew Jackson’s political opponents referred to him as jackass. He adopted the name and used it as his campaign symbol. It would eventually become the symbol of the entire Democratic Party
5MOn TIL that over 30 million Facebook accounts belong to dead people
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