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TIL that as of 2022, Canada and Denmark now share a land border

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gJNy TIL that in 1995, only 7% of China’s urban residents had a refrigerator. By 2007, this number had jumped to 95%.
7EZM TIL Cliff Burton won a cards game and chose to sleep in Kirk Hammett’s bunk. The following morning’s tour bus accident left Burton the only victim.
M7APB TIL that there's a remote island in the Indian Ocean called North Sentinel Island, where an indigenous tribe has lived in isolation for over 60,000 years and fiercely resists contact with the outside world.
YRlG TIL there are 3 astronomical bodies that can cast shadows on the surface of earth bright enough for humans to see: the sun, moon, and Venus. A Venutian Shadow.
rRKed TIL during the 1904 summer Olympics marathon one runner hitched a ride, another was given rat poison and brandy as a stimulus, fourth place winner took a nap during the run, and two other runners were chased a mile by angry dogs