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TIL Quebec almost became an independent country in 1995 when 49.42% of voters voted to split from Canada in the Quebec Independence Referendum

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XgVk TIL a ring given from mother to son in 1974 while she was dying from cancer was lost two weeks later while he was boating on the Cooper River, SC. 39 years later, a diver found the ring underwater and returned it to the man, who was in the hospital dying from cancer.
waM1 TIL: Adobe is developing audio-editing software that, when combined with new facial reenactment/manipulation software, can essentially allow anyone on the Internet to create realistic video of anyone saying anything.
6EMJZ TIL the letter "A" is an upside down ox head - it's from an ancient Egyptian symbol of an ox, and "leads" the alphabet.
jNEXX TIL: that adjectives, in the English language, are meant to be in this order: opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. "A lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife."
Je5Q TIL a New Zealand man memorized the French dictionary to compete in a French Scrabble tournament. He won the tournament despite not speaking any french.