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TIL that The Netherlands sends 20,000 tulips to Canada each year as thanks for their aid during World War II.

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n679 TIL that the average university student in 1979 only had to work 182 hours per year (a part-time summer job) to pay for tuition, whereas the average 2013 student had to work 991 hours (a full-time job for half the year)
oBr0L TIL about Haru Urara. A Japanese racehorse who became a famous role model because she never gave up, despite losing over 100 races in a row. For her 106th race Japan’s premier jockey was brought in to ride her, and try to deliver that long sought after victory. She came 10th out of 11.
oRR1E TIL Brian O'Leary wrote his Ph.D. thesis on the physical properties of the Martian surface and was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in 1967 for a potential manned Mars mission when it was still in NASA's program plan
M7AD0 TIL or rather realised after 31 years that the Pokemon Ditto originates from the phrase/word "Ditto"
LQQDZ TIL when a defense lawyer tries to confuse the jury and court, rather than refute the prosecution case, this is known as the 'Chewbacca defense'.