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TIL the Canadian government established one of the most northern settlements in the world by tricking 8 families into living there and then not allowing them to leave.

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ao9N TIL So many Americans are injured due to bagels each year, emergency rooms have a special code for them, BRI (Bagel-Related Incident).
JOV TIL that there are more Americans in the Philippines than in the UK.
Oydg TIL in Norse mythology, Loki tied one end of a rope to a goat and the other end around his testicles and began a game of tug of war
Z8WXG TIL sharks are afraid of dolphins
GYgxE TIL that in "Oblomov", the second novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, it takes the protagonist the first 50 pages, to get up from bed, and move to a chair.