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TIL There is a waterfall in a park in New York which curtains an ‘eternal flame’ - a natural gas leak which visitors keep lit all year round

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GAAyj TIL In addition to having the world's longest land border (with the USA), Canada also has the world's longest maritime border (with Greenland).
9wpEr TIL: That in 1942 Julia Child, a well-known celebrity chef, was hired by the OSS which later became the CIA.
ZpGMR TIL of the death of Rudolf Rupp. His wife, two daughters, and one of their boyfriends falsely confessed to and were sentenced to jail for killing, dismembering, and feeding Rupp to dogs on the family farm. They were all later acquitted when his body was found intact in his car in the Danube.
R5oGa TIL: There was a Shogun: The Musical. Written by Clavell, it was performed on Broadway for two months until a drop in tourism from The Persian Gulf War.
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