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TIL that Canada has a Children’s Arts Tax Credit for parents that enroll their child in a music or fine arts program.

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MeKvB TIL that Dan Aykroyd's family have been in the ghost business for generations, his great grandfather actually tried to contact spirits and his father wrote a book called "The History of Ghosts"
Yv5r TIL the BBC convinced people that spaghetti grew on trees for their April Fools prank in 1957
9wPLG TIL that angry imported military camels roamed the Wild West
GLp4 TIL rape is the leading cause of PTSD in female veterans. With the majority of rapes being perpetrated by fellow soldiers.
j0Aj TIL about Charlie, a Blue Macaw, who is still alive after 117 years. Charlie first hatched in 1899, and is the oldest of its kind to ever be recorded. The bird can be heard screeching anti-Nazi propaganda at his current home at a garden center in England.