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TIL: Over 35,000 Americans fought for Canada in WWI. There is a monument in Arlington Cemetery dedicated to their fallen.

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b9bp4 TIL about Matt Frewer. He is the voice of Max Headroom, Panic for Disney's Hercules, Moloch from Watchmen, Pestilence from Supernatural, Jackal from Gargoyles, and so, so many others.
nvb9 TIL That there is a suspended monorail in Germany that was build in 1897 and still moves 25 million passengers annually.
JX5B TIL: There is a fern that has such a high level of atmospheric carbon sequestration that it caused an ice age. Azolla captures 6 tons of atmoshperic carbon per acre per year and could reduce global CO2 levels, while providing high protein livestock feed, or nitrogen rich fertilizer.
W76wo TIL Nolan Bushnell, the inventor of Pong and founder of Atari, also founded another company: Chuck E. Cheese
VBn1p TIL Irish-American dancer and Michael Flatley's shows have grossed over a $1 Billion. He was forced to retire in '16 due to an irreparably damaged spine, injured left knee, a torn right calf, two ruptured Achilles tendons, a fractured rib, and a recurring broken bone in his foot.