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TIL: There are more doughnut shops per capita in Canada than anywhere else on the planet.

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oBPA TIL Clint Eastwood has fathered seven children with five different women
e0PGk TIL that 15 Titanic survivors who witnessed the ship breaking in half were discredited by US and UK politicians who led disaster probes- agreeing with the highest ranking surviving officer on the Titanic who said that it sank in one piece.
ZRLo TIL: Alaskan salmon fisherman feared Bald Eagles were a threat to the salmon population. As a result more than 100,000 bald eagles were killed in Alaska from 1917 to 1953.
69L7Y TIL that in 1977, a man named Jerry Ehman discovered a strong narrowband radio signal from outer space while working on the SETI project. Dubbed the "Wow! Signal" for the note he wrote on the printout, it remains one of the best candidates for extraterrestrial communication.
oRPkK TIL that dogs intentionally try to make humans laugh. They understand that laughter means play, and play is positive.