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TIL that Canberra was chosen to be the capital of Australia because neither Melbourne or Sydney would accept its rival as the permanent national capital.

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WWN9 TIL there’s a 47 year old burger encased in resin that’s archived in the Alberta Legislature Building
WQ8A TIL Marilyn Monroe’s signature breathy voice was a strategy to conceal her stutter
JYO1V TIL that religion was a controversial topic in the 1960 election, with JFK as the first Catholic candidate (still the only Catholic US President to date) against Protestant Nixon, due to the anti-Catholic sentiment at the time.
Oorp7 TIL that the "Jedi Master and historian Ri-Lee Howell," was named after Riley Howell, a 21 year-old who died tackling the gunman during a shooting on the UNCC campus.
XE8gR TIL in 2016, a 17-year-old girl in Denmark successfully stopped an assault by using pepper spray. The man was never caught, but she was charged for the illegal possession of pepper spray.