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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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Z8L1o TIL After losing a the trademark "Big Mac", Burger King renamed its sandwiches to troll McDonald's
Zgya TIL men in the Victorian era frequently wore corsets, just like women of the time.
dDew7 TIL about the Region-Beta Paradox, the phenomenon that people can sometimes recover more quickly from more distressing experiences than from less distressing ones.
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