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TIL Ontario, a province in Canada has a apology act- “apologies do not constitute an admission of fault”

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GYLMQ TIL: A survey in 1577 of drinking establishment in England and Wales for taxation purposes recorded 14,202 alehouses, 1,631 inns, and 329 taverns, representing one pub for every 187 people.
50Qk TIL Scientology ran a forced child labor camp in Austrailia
rnd TIL that Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom, wore a fat suit, ear extenders, and false teeth.
a8oxJ TIL when a hive loses its queen, a common larvae is fed special food, Royal Jelly, triggering a biological transformation, giving her a larger body, functional ovaries, and a longer lifespan. DNA does not determine her destiny, it's nutrition.
yg9w TIL There’s a huge reservoir of water in space that’s 100,000 times the mass of our sun. It contains 140 trillion times the amount of water on Earth.