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TIL Canada’s housing act once declared “Housing is not simply an economic commodity that can be bought and sold according to the vagaries of the market, but a social right”

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9xZQ TIL There is a hiking trail that stretches from California to Delaware. It is 6,800 miles long, and is the only coast-to-coast hiking trail in the US.
YpE0G TIL of Pat Hare, a blues guitarist who in 1954 recorded a song called “I’m Gonna Murder My Baby”. In 1963, Hare shot his girlfriend dead and the policeman who came to investigate. He spent the last 16 years of his life in prison, where he formed a band named Sounds Incarcerated.
5VxDp TIL that the conical hood is called a Capirote that is originally used by Catholic Penitants dating its use as far back to the Inquisition times before it was appropriated by a certain Wizard Klub. It is still being used today by penitants in parts of Spain Mexico and Guatemala during Holy Week.
rDdx TIL that Slavery is still Legal in the United States, but only as a form of Punishment. Also known as the Punishment Clause
BrYaD TIL John Cena's brother dared him to perform a gesture on TV. He accepted. This gesture later became the popular 'You Can't See Me Gesture' of John Cena.