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TIL There are 37 unstaffed border crossings between the United States and Canada that operates on an honor system

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PYOrE TIL of Catherine Yasinchuk, a Ukrainian woman who was wrongly institutionalized for 48 years in a Philadelphia asylum because she did not speak English and no one understood her. She’d come to the USA alone at the age of 15, and suffered a nervous breakdown after losing her husband and baby.
P1eeJ TIL that at the ancient Olympics, cheating athletes would be fined and the fines used to build bronze statues at the entrance of the Olympic stadium, each inscribed with the name of the cheater and how they cheated
AgBd TIL that Magnum condoms are designed for most men to fit into so that most purchases include an ego boost
ZeAQ TIL that there is a raisin farmer in California being sued by the US Government for hundreds of thousands of dollars for selling too many raisins. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court and is now awaiting a decision.
8aXmZ TIL Canada has an entire TV channel completely dedicated to rotisserie chicken