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TIL Canada is part of the European Space Agency

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0wd91 TIL that England and Portugal have been allies since 1386, the longest unbroken treaty in effect today
1anjr TIL of longplayer, a one thousand year long musical composition that is been playing since 31st of December 1999 and will continue till 2999.
PYk4G TIL that Throughout the 1950s to the 1970s, the CIA operated a passenger airline company called Air America, which was responsible for allowing the US military access to places in Southeast Asia the Geneva Convention had banned the military from.
69AMJ TIL just two of Dolly Parton’s songs (“Jolene” and “9 to 5”) gross about $6 million to $8 million per year in royalties
rRPbM TIL that in 1999, a group of hackers discovered that they could enter any Hotmail account by simply entering “eh” as a password. It was fixed by Microsoft within two hours.