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TIL that in Canada, if you write a letter to Santa Claus, he will reply to you.

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ANKVg TIL one of the first legal documents outlining the existence of limited liability companies was drafted in 1455: A venetian sued the Medici branch of Bruges for a defective shipment. The defendant succesfully argued that the only liable party was the London branch, which sold him the shipment
lo0NA TIL elephants have long eyelashes as well as a third eyelid to protect their eyes while feeding, bathing and dusting
NX7YP TIL Jonathan Larson, creator of the Broadway Musical 'Rent', died suddenly and penniless the night before its first Off-Broadway performance. Rent made it to Broadway for a 12-year run and won Best Musical and many other awards, all of which Larson missed.
bKr4 TIL Nova Scotia provides Boston with an annual Christmas tree in commemoration for the city’s humanitarian efforts after the Halifax Explosion; history’s greatest man-made pre-nuclear explosion.
Ro7 TIL It was Nietzsche’s sister Elizabeth who edited and falsified his later works in order to portray him as anti-semitic.