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TIL Canada is part of the European Space Agency

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8a74V TIL that Sen Daniel Inouye lost his arm in WWII while holding a grenade. He pried the still-live grenade out of his severed hand, used it to kill a German solider, then kept shooting with his one remaining arm.
DQneY TIL That besides Las Vegas New South Wales has the highest amount of sloth machines at 95,000, and they’re mostly being used for money laundering.
eNvL TIL that Apes who have been trained to use sign-language have so far failed to ever ask a single question.
69Qvm TIL that George Washington signed the 1794 Slave Trade Act, which banned U.S. ships from participating in the Atlantic Slave Trade, as well as forbid the exportation of slaves for foreign sale. It was the first major piece of legislation against slavery passed by the United States government.
R5rxQ TIL that even after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with Japanese leadership still in disagreement over surrendering, the Allies executed the largest and longest bombing campaign of the Pacific War, with 1014 aircraft used.