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TIL a country called Republic of Indian Stream existed between USA and Canada, for less than three years between 1832 and 1835. It is now part of New Hampshire.

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eP7J TIL that up to 90% of the Humpback whale population was eliminated during the whaling era.
nZbW TIL of a homeless man in NYC who would regularly order an expensive dinner at a restaurant and refuse to pay for it in order to be sent to prison where he would receive 3 meals a day and a clean bed. He refused to commit more serious crimes to get longer sentences as he did not want to hurt anyone.
5Qgp TIL, that there is a Marvel Character called Asbestos Lady, she robbed banks with her accomplises,who (like her) all wore asbestos lined clothing. She later died of cancer.
WkElY TIL of Roch Thériault, a Seventh-Day Adventist who lead a cult in the wild of Quebec. He would often perform "surgery" on members, amputate members' limbs, and once attempted to ressurect a woman he killed by have every male member ejaculate in a hole bored in her skull.
K7rE TIL 9 year old “Vietnam Girl” famously photographed after having all her clothes and more then a third of her skin completely burned off her body by a napalm bombing, somehow miraculously survived, then left Vietnam, and is now a Canadian Citizen working in Ontatio.