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TIL that California has a higher population than the entirety of Canada.

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XRgP TIL of the Phantom Time Hypothesis, which claims that the events of c. 600-900 AD actually happened concurrently, not over the course of 300 years, meaning that the correct current year in the Anno Domini dating system would actually be closer to 1716.
PYaEn TIL during the early 1800's, the Mississippi and Ohio rivers were inhabited by sizeable populations of pirates.
GA76G TIL A man named Laurence Vonderdell robbed a bank in Dorset, England, with a banana wrapped in an orange plastic bag that he pretended was a gun and escaped with £1,100 worth of £20 notes.
7lmO TIL that after learning about Bill Gates’ programming abilities, his school asked him to program the school’s schedule of classes. Gates made the program so that he was placed in classes with “a disproportionate number of interesting girls.”
xEkg TIL “In 2000, [Blockbuster Video] turned down a chance to purchase a one-year-old company called Netflix for $50 million.”