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TIL of the 1985 HBO/CBC mockumentary "The Canadian Conspiracy," about a plot by the Canadian government to subvert the US by infiltrating Hollywood with Canadian stars. Leslie Nielsen and his brother Erik, who was the real life Deputy PM of Canada at the time, are central to the film's plot.

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W7Lvd TIL in China there's a public health issue regarding an illegal practice called "Gutter Oil" as up to 10% of the restaurants use cooking oil manually refined from the sewage waste.

4ymg TIL The White House has an estimated market value of over $390 million, and would cost $2 million a month to rent.

wLE9E TIL: During the Thirty Years' War, Count Von Tilly of the imperial army declared that if anyone in Rothenburg ob der Tauber could drink a tank of wine (3.25 liters) in one go, he would spare the town and move on. The mayor of the town obliged, prompting the army to leave.

LkRkZ TIL about the Interrobang (‽). A punctuation mark that should be used in place of ?!, ?!?, or any other such combination. It was first proposed for use in 1962 by the head of an advertising agency who simply believed it looked better to use only a single punctuation mark.

Apol TIL Captain Robert Piché successfully piloted an emergency landing of his airplane when both engines failed on a trans-Atlantic flight. The plane also lost hydraulic power to the flaps, alternate brakes, and spoilers. He landed the plane in the Azores, saving the lives of all 306 people on board.