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TIL Alert, Canada is the northernmost continuously inhabited place on Earth and 817 km from the North Pole. The Canadian Armed Forces use Alert for its strategic importance and its potential for intercepting radio signals

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aw1gL TIL during the 900 day siege of Leningrad by the Nazi's during WW2 (which caused unimaginable suffering and even cannibalism) the Russians built a railway into the city over a temporarily frozen lake. They transported food, medicine, fuel etc and evacuated children and the sick. The "Road of Life"
Wke9A TIL that the founder of Chevrolet was swiss
ng5G TIL Napoleon Bonaparte was 5'7" which was an average male height in his lifetime. His supposed “shortness” was British propaganda that is still generally believed to this day.
Yp4Dr TIL that the Weights & Measures Services in Virginia is responsible for the inspection and testing of all commercially used weighing and measuring equipment including gasoline dispensers, grocery scales, scanners, vehicle scales, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) meters and vehicle tank meters.
wvj6 TIL in a 1978 Tennessee state legislature race, one candidate murdered his opponent. Because he was not convicted before the election, his name had to remain on the ballot while his victim’s was removed, leading the murdered candidate’s widow to run a successful write-in campaign.