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

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QWK9 TIL in WWII a woman-only Soviet bomber regiment were nicknamed the “Night Witches” by German soldiers. For a successful bombing run, the Witches would cut the engine of their archaic and noisy aircraft. Gliding in, they would release their bombs before the enemy even knew they were there.
4kXEJ TIL Indianapolis Motor Speedway was originally paved with 3.2 million bricks, it took workers only 63 days to pave the entire circuit.
NXBpM TIL in 2018, a Belgian priest received a one month sentence for failing to prevent a suicide. The victim had made it clear that he did not want his wife to be alerted, which the priest complied with. A court ruled he should've alerted his wife regardless.
8aOnZ TIL Arborglyph is the carving of shapes and symbols into the bark of living trees. Derived from arbor ‘tree’; glyphein ‘to carve’. It was also mentioned in Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’; the love-frenzied Orlando declares he will carve every tree in the Forest of Arden.
VM70B TIL President Dwight D Eisenhower had four American heroes and one was General Robert E Lee. He hung four portraits in his office and one was Lee's; the others were President Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, President Washington and Lee.