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TIL that California's population (39.6 million) is larger than that of Canada (38.2 million) and Australia (25.9 million)

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W7doX TIL at the closing ceremony of the first Winter Olympics in 1924, a prize was awarded for alpinism to Lt Col Edward Strutt, the deputy leader of and on behalf of the British expedition which had attempted to climb Mount Everest in 1922.
r9pd TIL US sugar policy makes sugar more expensive and promotes High-fructose corn syrup consumption through price support, tariffs and domestic market controls.
woVY8 TIL that the Romans published a daily gazette called the Acta Diurna. It contained major events, births and deaths. It was either inscribed in stone or metal or painted in black on white walls called Albums. This practice was initiated by Julius Caesar and lasted from 59 BC to 222 AD.
77O TIL that an American pilot was decorated with one of Germany’s highest medals for dropping miniature parachutes with candy during Berlin Airlift
PYnKO TIL Frogs can be hypnotized by laying them on their back and stroking their stomach. Snails can sleep up to 3 years and 3% of Ice in Antarctic glaciers is just Penguin urine.