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TIL Canada and the U.S. Celebrate Labour Day on the same date!

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J165j TIL during his campaign against Don Young, Congressman Nick Begich disappeared in a plane crash 22 days before the general election. Begich managed to win the general election with 56% to Young's 43% but was declared dead on December 29. Young won the Special Election that was held the next year.
dDeOB TIL Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from severe gastrointestinal issues. Which is why in the portraits he is holding his stomach .
4kgeb TIL that Portland cement's name is derived from its similarity to Portland stone, a type of building stone quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England
e0Ogb TIL the gyroids in the Animal Crossing series are based on the Haniwa, terracotta clay figures that were made for ritual use and buried with the dead as funerary objects during the Kofun period (3rd to 6th centuries AD) of the history of Japan
Oor9R TIL Oettinger Brewery does not advertise, uses company-owned trucks, & their brewing process is highly automated. This allows them to keep beer prices low whereby they were the best-selling beer in Germany from 2004-2011.