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TIL that Canada has the third-largest oil reserves in the world.

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8aBv8 TIL "Purple Rain" was remade in the Sahara featuring the nomadic Tuareg people. Since their language has no word for "purple," the title became "Rain The Color of Blue With A Little Red In It."
PgQV TIL In Japan, farmers grow square watermelons but putting them in glass cubes to control their shape. These watermelons are more expensive and fit easier in refrigerators.
W75Ld TIL that Harvard University was founded before calculus was even invented. Harvard was established in 1636, while Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz developed calculus in the late 1600s.
9gwX TIL After making an emergency landing in China in 2001, the crew of a US Spy Plane were asked by their Chinese captors to recite the lyrics to “Hotel California” to prove their nationality.
X0MWR TIL that if an airline loses your bag, even temporarily, they have to reimburse you for reasonable “essentials” that you have to buy because of the delay, up to $3800. This may include clothes (like coats, shoes, or interview attire) or things like expensive toiletries.