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TIL In 1847, with a population of just 20,000 people, Toronto took in 38,560 Irish famine victims

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AKna TIL that in 2001, Portugal enacted a nationwide law decriminalizing all drugs, including cocaine and heroin. In 2009, the conservative Cato institute called the policy a “resounding success.”
jNOeN TIL that a bottlenose dolphin could swim up to 22 miles per hour(35 kilometers per hour) and when they're asleep, they keep half of its brain awake in order to keep breathing
R7mY1 TIL of George Peter Metesky, better known as the "Mad Bomber," who terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries and offices.
JYNRm TIL the common poorwill, native to western North America, is the only bird known to go into torpor for extended periods of time.The bird's temperature can drop to as low as 41°F, and their rate of respiration is reduced up to 90%.They can remain in this state of near hibernation for weeks or months.
60nl TIL that a small town in Kansas has one of the largest space museums in the world, including Liberty Bell 7, the Apollo 13 command module, the Gemini X spacecraft, Vostok and Voshkod spacecraft, an SR-71, Nazi V1 and V2 weapons, and several full-scale launch rockets