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TIL Prisoners in Canadian war camps during WWII were treated so well, that a lot of them didn’t’ want to leave when the war was over.

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NXdR1 TIL some flies cope with having tiny stomachs by regurgitating food into vomit bubbles to dry it out a bit and reduce the volume, and then swallowing it again before eating more; other flies release digestive juices to liquefy food into a predigested slurry they can swallow without teeth
9VPM TIL that although Mississippi has one of the lowest per capita income rates in the United States, Mississippians consistently rank as one of the highest per capita in charitable contributions
1aoW8 TIL that Tree Wells Are Responsible For 20% of All Ski Deaths. 90 per cent of tree well victims fail to free themselves unaided, which highlights the importance of riding with other people when venturing off piste.
5YkwQ TIL that when a super group made up of the world's most famous musicians came together to record "We Are the World" in 1985, Stevie Wonder announced that if the group did not finish the song in one take, he and Ray Charles would drive everyone home.
Lj6Z TIL: An artist accidentally used £20,000 worth of rare comics to create a papier-mache sculpture for an art exhibition.