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TIL in 1972 Canada had a contest to complete the saying "As Canadian as...". The winner was "As Canadian as possible under the circumstances."

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LMLm TIL 1 out of every 77 neonatal (first 4 weeks of life) male deaths is a result of circumcision. That’s more deaths than suffocation and cat accidents. Geez.
QrOX TIL The man who invented the revolving door hated holding doors open for women.
5YyoD TIL nunchucks are illegal in the US because the court ruled that they are "designed primarily as a weapon and has no purpose other than to maim or kill", and are "widely used by muggers and street gangs".
J1MQQ TIL The Scottish Militia Bill was the last bill in the UK to be given a Royal veto in 1708 by Queen Anne.
J408 TIL that, during the conquest of Mexico and due to lack of gunpowder, three Spanish conquistadors climbed the Popocatépetl volcano (17,802 ft/5,426 m) and hung themselves using ropes into the crater to get sulfur for their cannons and succeded. Six times.