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TIL that the Canadian city of Lloydminster is a shared city on the border between two provinces, having a single local government despite residents paying taxes to different provincial governments

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97rm TIL that President John Adams had a dog named Satan
X00gr TIL In 1948 Ford Motor Company was offered to take over Volkswagen for free. They turned down the offer. Volkswagen is now the second largest car manufacturer in the world.
LkM1r TIL of Project Thor which explored using large projectiles from 1,000+ miles above the Earth. The "rods from god" idea was a bundle of telephone-pole-size tungsten rods, dropped from orbit, reaching up to 10 times the speed of sound. The explosion would be on par with a nuke - but no fallout.
v1RY4 TIL South Korean women are nearly 8 inches (~20cm) taller today than 100 years ago
wxY TIL in 1916, an elephant named Mary was hanged in TN for the murder of her trainer.