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TIL academic freedom in the US impacts the entire world.
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TIL Goldcorp once offered $575K to anyone who could help find gold deposits. The Canadian mining company eventually paid out a winner and proceeded to unearth $6B worth of gold at the location.
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TIL Since 1945, all British tanks have come equipped with tea making facilities
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TIL The number 9 prefix added to a Price Look Up barcode on fruits signifies that an item is organic
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TIL that Thanksgiving was not actually a federal holiday in the United States until 1863, when it was declared so by Abraham Lincoln.
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TIL that the rare genetic condition myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy can give babies and toddlers the ability to perform amazing feats of strength. One such case was Liam Hoekstra, who could perform upside-down situps, and could lift himself into an Iron Cross position across his mother's hands.