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TIL After phasing out coal power plants, Toronto has been smog free for the first time in over a decade

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AWDd TIL the US military modified a C130 with rockets so it could land in and take off from a football stadium, in Iran, to rescue hostages.
BbjW TIL that in 2008, a stage actor slit his own throat onstage after his prop knife, for his suicide scene, was replaced with a real one.
Yp9JP TIL that Mount Saint Elias lies on the border of Alaska and Yukon and it's the second highest mountain in both the USA and Canada because only Denali is higher in the US and only Mount Logan is higher in Canada
5YD6n TIL On The Rolling Stones record sleeves between 1963 and 1965 the band used the songwriter pseudonym "Nanker/Phelge" for collaborations where all band members took equal credit
r9Py TIL Grandpa Lou in “Rugrats” has a space-themed porn stash.