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TIL that Canada also sent its Japanese citizens to internment camps during World War 2

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Ypk5B TIL that in 2016, Train released an album covering Led Zeppelin II in its entirety. NY Daily News called it "confusing and unnecessary".
a87vb TIL the Passemant astronomical clock in Versailles has shown the correct date, time, moon phase, planetary alignment, etc (accounting for leap years ) from 1750 and can display through 9999.
7re17 TIL Bagpipes were considered weapons of war up until 1996
6EoMW TIL about the Gay Bomb, a non-lethal chemical weapon the United States Air Force speculated about producing in 1994. The Gay Bomb would discharge female sex pheromones over enemy forces in order to cause “distasteful but completely non-lethal... homosexual behavior".
RVVl TIL molten glass becomes a conductor of electricity.