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TIL that some Canadian police departments give out “positive tickets” to thank people for doing something good.

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p8XXG TIL the Statue of Liberty's eleven-pointed star pedestal is the remains of Fort Wood, originally one link in a chain of defenses protecting New York City and its vital harbor.
ZnZa TIL the state of Kuwait is banned from the Olympics due to government legislation that permits the state to interfere in elections of sporting organizations. As a result, Kuwaiti athletes compete as independent athletes under the Olympic Flag instead of their own flag.
GY15Q TIL there’s a Superman cartoon made in the 40s that pioneered high quality animation and cost half a million per episode to draw
eQ6L TIL that in 1938, 18-year-old Korean Yang Kyoungjong was conscripted by Japan to fight against the USSR. In 1939 he was captured by the Soviets and sent to fight against the Germans. He was then captured by the Nazis and sent to fight on D-Day only to be captured by the Americans.
8aXk8 TIL that Wilbur Wright (the older of the Wright Brothers) got his teeth knocked out at age 18, changing the course of his future. The boy who knocked his teeth out, Oliver Cook Haugh, grew up to become a notorious Midwest serial killer.