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TIL Churchill, Manitoba has a Polar Bear Jail

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oML7 TIL of “Mr. Trash Wheel”, a solar-powered device in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor that has removed 160 tons of garbage from the harbor in just under a year.
QJp5X TIL that although blue eye colour only occurs in between 8 and 10 percent of people worldwide, 48% of the British public have blue eyes.
5App TIL The TSA Spent $900 Million on Behavior Detection Officers Who Detected 0 Terrorists
NBYe TIL There’s a French delicacy that involves blinding a small bird and force feeding it before you drown in Cognac. It is then eaten in one bite with a napkin over the face to preserve the aroma.
9wp TIL A Sikh must “defend the rights of all who are wrongfully oppressed or persecuted irrespective of religion, colour, caste or creed.”