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TIL the phone number for the Canadian government is 1-800-O-Canada

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0dk61 Today I learned about the Swedish million apartments programme. The Swedish government of 1965 pledged to build 1 million new apartments in a country of 8 million people in 10 years. 1006000 apartments was built.
ND6 TIL that from the 1940s Sunbeam produced several models of toasters that could sense the heat passing through the toast, meaning that regardless of the color of the bread (white or wholemeal) and the initial temperature of the bread (even frozen), the bread would always be toasted to the same degree
pm7Z TIL peeing outside could make you a sex offender
6D47 TIL that, in most cases, it is better to run than to walk in the rain.
4XwGg TIL Hermann Göring's brother strongly opposed the Nazi party, and forged his brother's signature so people could leave the country. Once, he joined Jews who had to scrub the streets, so the SS officer stopped the activity in order not to humiliate Hermann Göring.