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TIL about the Rhinoceros Party of Canada who, if elected, promised to "Promote higher education by building taller schools", "Repeal the law of gravity", and "Take Canada off the gold standard, opting instead to use a snow standard to boost the economy".

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vP81x TIL an adult male peasant in the UK in the 13th century (1,620 hours/year) worked less hours per year than both: an average worker in the US in 1850 (3,150-3,650 hours/year) and an average worker in the US in 1987 (1,949 hours/year).
LkoQr TIL about gorillas in the wild with the ability and knowledge of how to dismantle poacher traps.
aXVM TIL Wilhelm Neubronner used pigeons to deliver medications from his pharmacy, when neighbouring villages received their own pharmacies his son patented the invention of aerial photography by attaching camera to the pigeons.
mx9lx TIL: In the UK, the right hand controls the front brake on a bicycle. In the rest of Europe and the U.S., left hand controls the front brake.
XER96 TIL one of the primary economic principles of Nazi Germany was the mass privatization of public industries.