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TIL Canada didn't become fully independent from the UK until 1982

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E1kbd TIL of the Pennies In A Jar parable. The parable says that if a newlywed couple puts a penny in a jar every time they make love during the first year of marriage, and removes a penny every time after that, no matter how long the marriage lasts, they say, the jar will never be empty.
P1PPL TIL that Humans shed around 200 million skin cells each hour. The epidermis (the top layer of the skin) is continuously working to replace these lost skin cells with new ones.
j66AE TIL In the first half of the 20th century, state sponsored campaigns dynamited roosting areas, taking large numbers of American Crows. A campaign in Oklahoma from 1934 to 1945 dynamited 3.8 million birds.
R7K8a TIL Candle in the Wind is about Marilyn Monroe.
66Rm TIL India Pale Ale(IPA) was invented not because they thought it taste better or was of better quality than other Ales, it was just the only way they could make beer that would survive the boat trip to India.