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TIL: Sweet Potatoes are a commercial crop in Ontario, Canada

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epnB4 TIL about Abul-Abbas. An elephant sent by the caliph Harun al-rashid ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi to the holy Roman emperor Charlemagne as a gift that symbolized the beginning of Abbasid-Carolingian relations. The elephant died in 810 just as charlemagne crossed the rhine.
Mp8m TIL that the USA and Russia have islands that are just 2.5 miles apart, and the water between them freezes over in the winter. So technically you can walk from the USA to Russia.
EgKRX Today I learned it’s supposed to be “champing at the bit” rather than “chomping”
VM9KB TIL that deer populations in North America were nearly extinct due to over hunting, but have since rebounded after strict hunting regulations and conservation.
Lk7OP TIL There is a tribe in Vanuatu that worships Prince Phillip as a divine being. They believe that he is the son of an ancient mountain spirit that travelled over seas to marry a powerful woman and will in time return to them.