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TIL about The Highway of Tears...A section of Canadian Roadway where Women Disappear Without a Trace

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16orP TIL: That the actor Tom Hanks is distant cousin of the 16th U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln. Hanks also narrated a 2011 documentary about the former President, entitled Killing Lincoln.
jMXa TIL that in WW2 JFK swam 4 hours to safety while towing an injured crewman with his teeth after his ship was destroyed. (In the Greatest Display of Badassedry Section)
Z8rKa TIL about the Chinese town of Qiaotou, the 'button capital of the world'. Around 60% of the world's supply of clothing buttons are produced there, as well as 80% of the world's zippers
LQ1mp TIL One in three pets will become lost at some point during their lifetime
67wm TIL: Nearly 150 babies were named Khaleesi in 2012.