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TIL the “Nation” referred to by the National Hockey League (NHL) is Canada

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LkXmr TIL of pro-butter Senator Gordon Roselip. In a 1955 Wisconsin senatorial blind taste test Roselip preferred margarine, insisting it was butter. It later transpired that Roselip’s wife, worried about his heart, had for years been substituting yellow margarine for butter at the Senator’s dinner table.
EgxLw TIL 108 billion people have lived on Earth. And nearly half, 52 billion, have been killed by mosquitoes
4XGoJ TIL early sections of San Francisco were built upon ships abandoned by prospectors during the California Gold Rush. Many were intentionally run aground to become bars and hotels. Now, hundreds of wooden ships lay beneath the city streets and a portion of their subway goes through the hull of one.
Y7GgB TIL Betamax had higher quality images than VHS if recorded at the base β1 speed. However, it was rarely offered on Betamax VCRs after 1979 because its recording time on a standard Betamax tape was only 1 hour. So the image quality advantage over VHS was essentially removed for most of the format war
KOdW4 [TIL] Schools used to use the letter grade E for above failing [F] but got rid of the it because they were afraid parents would think it stood for excellent.