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TIL Canadians say “sorry” so much that a law was passed in 2009 declaring that an apology can’t be used as evidence of admission to guilt.

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D1bkj TIL that author Lee Child was inspired to name his character Jack Reacher after a shopping trip. An old lady asked for his help in reaching for a can of pears; Child's wife, when seeing this, commented that if his writing career didn't work out, he could 'always get a job as a reacher'.
wLRJE TIL A top NASA astronaut was accused of hacking her estranged spouse's bank account from space
Vg74 TIL that only 171,300 tonnes of gold has ever been mined in human history (by comparison, The United States gets 5.6 million tonnes of aluminium a year alone) and that 85% of all gold ever found is still used.
xVlE7 TIL that there is a military-only resort on Disney property in Florida that charges guests based on their rank.
VBJmm TIL there is an "Underwear Museum" in Belgium, which displays the undergarments of famous people