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TIL 50% of Toronto’s populace was born outside Canada

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DlJg TIL: In WW2 there was a badass all-female squadron of bomber pilots whom the Germans nicknamed “The Night Witches”
kn4d TIL The word ‘tantalize’ comes from the Greek Gods punishing the demigod Tantalus by having him stand beneath a tree laden with fruit which was always out of reach and in a pool of water which receded whenever he stooped to drink.
xVEoB TIL in 2005, a woman falsely claimed she found a finger in her food at Wendy's. The fast food chain suffered an estimated US$21 million in lost business. She later revealed, she cooked the finger at her home and then drove it to the Wendy's restaurant in San Jose, where she dropped it into the food.
N71gM TIL: ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, comedian Bill Engvall and Gothic horror/romance novelist Ann Rice all attended the same high school in Texas, which was also the setting of the student suicide incident that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy".
rN1ye TIL the construction crews on the Golden Gate Bridge were forced to wear their safety equipment under threat of dismissal. (For the first time in history) They also used other safety equipment and procedures to reduce fatalities on the job.