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TIL (Canada) Phone companies must block scam calls starting today

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P15BG TIL that on average, a drunk driver will drive under the influence 80 times before their first arrest.
Ee90 TIL Giga-Pets were banned in Iceland, Thailand, and Canada for being a distraction, as children were constantly worrying about the wellbeing of their digital pets
Lg0d TIL Muammar Gaddafi died after being repeatedly stabbed in the anus with a bayonet
ep01b TIL The Phoenix Suns had no official mascot until a fan came to a home game dressed as a gorilla. As he left, security suggested he dance underneath the basket during a timeout, and the crowd loved it. The fan kept coming to games until he was officially invited to be part of the team.
KYwb4 TIL that Santorio Santorio, an Italian Professor, Physician, qnd Physiologist weighed everything he consumed and excreted over a period of 30yrs in the study of Insensible Perspiration or what we know today as metabolism.