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TIL there’s a town in the US that is “surrounded” by Canada. Since it only has a primary, school, high school students need to travel 40 minutes and cross international borders four times a day

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00Oj TIL British eggs are illegal in the US for being “unwashed” and American eggs are illegal in the UK for being “washed”
YRmG TIL an heir to a $300 million fortune was found homeless and frozen to death under a bridge before he could be given his share
OoNGe Today I learned that the Or logic gate is essentially the And logic gate
p8GPG TIL Operation Popeye was the first example of weather warfare. During the Vietnam War, aircraft would "seed" clouds, causing them to precipitate with an 82% success rate. The operational slogan was, "Make mud, not war."
16rV4 TIL in 2008, a panda at a zoo in southern China attacked a man who wanted a cuddle. “Yangyang was so cute and I just wanted to cuddle him,” Liu was quoted as saying from his hospital bed.