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TIL A man built an amusement park for his disabled daughter w free admission for everyone w special needs

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pYr88 TIL about Nova Scotia’s remote Sable Island. The Canadian Government has planted 70,000 trees on the 26 mile long sand bar and one has survived: a scrubby pine that is decorated for Christmas every year.
V4lG TIL that SuperDry is actually a UK-based company that writes Japanese text on its clothing to emulate the practice of Japanese clothing companies that write meaningless English words on their clothes to attract appeal.
pYAb8 TIL China has only navel and air force headquarters but not an army headquarter until 2015
VBmRB TIL the most expensive cow ever sold at auction is named Mara and went for $4.38 million (£3.33 million) in Brazil in 2023. She's of the Nelore breed, a breed known for its ability to adapt to tropical climates as well as its resistance to diseases.
69GQ8 TIL that during the construction of the Hoover Dam in 1931 it was the very first time employers required workers to wear hard hats