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TIL that in 1971 all four ex-members of Beatles topped Canadian charts with their own singles: Isn't It a Pity, It Don't Come Easy, Uncle Albert, and Imagine

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9YxpQ TIL about the three border collies trained to run like the wind to bring new life to Chilean forest devastated by wildfires, wearing backpacks releasing native plant seeds
WVGd TIL that a “jiffy” is an actual period of time, 33.3564 picoseconds. The amount of time it takes light to travel a centimeter.
ADoK4 Til: A male ferret is called a hob; a female ferret is a jill. A spayed female is a sprite, a neutered male is a gib, and a vasectomised male is known as a hoblet. Ferrets under one year old are known as kits. A group of ferrets is known as a "business".
d8AQE TIL of the speed camera lottery in Stockholm, Sweden. Drive at or under the speed limit and you'll be entered into a lottery where the prize fund comes from the fines that speeders pay. Average speed reduced from 32km/h to 25km/h (a reduction of 22%)
R7RB1 TIL that SAS veteran Bob Curry used a sledgehammer to break a window of the Iranian Embassy in 1980 after an explosive charge failed to go off. He then (with the help of his team) rescued 25 of the 26 hostages held in the building.