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TIL Ontario has eliminated Coal as a source of energy.

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BoaL TIL Nasir ad-Din Tusi, a Persian polymath, developed a theory of evolution by natural selection 600 years before Darwin. He wrote that hereditary variability is the leading force of evolution, and that organisms which can change faster are ‘more variable’, thus giving them an advantage over others
b6Zp0 TIL that in the Joan Miró Foundation, in Barcelona, you can see a functional mercury fountain created by Alexander Calder. It has to be kept in an airtight glass casing at all times because of the toxic fumes.
DQBwJ TIL New Zealand sea lions move up to 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) inland, from beach to tall grasses, and into forests.
kJ86m TIL, That since domestication, dogs' eyes have changed. Dogs now have eye muscles that make them more expressive and infant-like. These same muscles are absent in wolves, their closest relative.
VB7ED TIL that Ernest, Jim Varney's Character, was originally dreamed up to star in advertising commercials for years before his first movie.