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TIL Ontario has eliminated Coal as a source of energy.

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XDpE TIL the first and longest running “reality show”, is a tv documentary about the lives of 14 seven year olds from United kingdom and it is updated every 7 years. They just turned 56.
XED1r TIL that George C. Scott refused the Academy Award for his portrayal of George Patton on philosophical grounds. His reasoning was that dramatic performances were so unique that to compare them to each other was impossible.
yQDYJ TIL the man credited with writing the song “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” had never been to a baseball game when he wrote it
e01j6 TIL Nintendo producer Katsuya Eguchi moved from his hometown to the city and as a result, felt lonely and missed spending time with family and friends. He wanted to recreate that feeling and so, Animal Crossing was born.
WALX TIL in 2013, a US IT worker outsourced his own job to a man in China. He paid the man 1/5 of his salary and then he sat at his desk browsing the internet. He was found out after a security audit discovered some suspicious VPN activity.