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TIL that there is a sport called Freestyle Canoeing

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P1Gln TIL that Gonorrhea, a sexually-transmitted disease (STD), is becoming increasingly resistant to many classes of antibiotics, including the ones that were previously used to treat it
4XmQg TIL Anchorage, Alaska is larger than Rhode Island & almost an equivalent distance from both New York City & Tokyo. Anchorage lies 9 1⁄2 hours from 90% of the industrialized world.
x6mNo TIL of Baarle-Hertog, a Belgian municipality consisting of 22 separate enclaves, all wholly surrounded by Netherlands. Some of the larger enclaves themselves contain Dutch enclaves.
K179 TIL that the “laugh tracks” heard in American sitcoms from the late 50s to the early 70s were mostly recorded and edited by one company: Northridge Electronics, owned by sound engineer Charley Douglass and his family.
PYXYg TIL it's not actually illegal to drive barefoot. In many countries including the UK, US and Canada it's fine as long as you have the ability to operate the controls safely.