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TIL It's illegal to NOT own snow tires in Québec Canada.

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KOjrB TIL that Dr. David W. Hartman is the first blind person to graduate from medical school (since 1872)
0w7d1 TIL Nearly 60% of the world’s agricultural land is used for beef production, yet beef accounts for less than 2% of the calories that are consumed throughout the world.
ANRDd TIL the National Covid Memorial Wall is a 500 meter wall created in 2020 along the Thames in London to mark the lives lost to Covid in the U.K. It has more than 240,000 individually hand-painted red hearts, each representing a victim. Many hearts have messages left by the bereaved or by volunteers.
PYA1E TIL that a pound of US quarters and a pound of dimes both equal twenty dollars.
W7xPd TIL that Walmart uses a sophisticated algorithm to determine the optimal temperature at which to display different products in its stores. By carefully controlling the temperature, Walmart is able to increase sales and reduce waste.