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TIL William Shatner and Clint Eastwood helped finance an abandoned POW rescue mission in Laos.

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ejW5 TIL that “muskeg”, very damp soil, is why northern Ontario is almost uninhabited. Sometimes 100 feet deep or more, unless completely cleared it freezes and buckles construction in winter, and swallows anything left (locomotives, construction equipment, moose, etc.) when it thaws in the spring.
mMbY TIL that Liechtenstein had not had a single murder from 1997 to at least 2007(TEN YEARS!!).
RKMw TIL that Australia is the only Western country in the world to not have a Bill of Rights.
R7WDj TIL that the width of Africa is almost the same as the distance between NY to Moscow.
5kA9 TIL Tom Marvolo Riddle’s name had to be translated into 68 languages, while still being an anagram for “I am Lord Voldemort”, or something of equal meaning.