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TIL You weigh about a tenth of an ounce less in various parts of Canada than in other parts of the world, due to the fact these parts of Canada have less gravity than the remainder of the world.

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xValg TIL of H. Beatty Chadwick, the man who holds the record for the longest time in contempt of court. After serving 14 years for refusing to disclose funds in a civil matter, Chadwick was released because the court decided that his incarceration had "lost it's coercive effect."
wL8do TIL there is a Jewish community in Belmonte, Portugal that survived in hiding for centuries. They opened their current synagogue in 1996.
NXXOP TIL: The Superman curse refers to a series of supposedly related misfortunes that have plagued creative people involved in adaptations of the DC Comics character Superman in various media, particularly actors who have played the role of Superman on film and television.
oBjeE TIL: After the $4 "Stella" coin was rejected by Congress the already minted coins were sold to Congressmen at cost. This later became a source of scandal when a number of them ended up as jewelry pieces adorning the necks of madams operating some of Washington's most infamous brothels.
b6oe4 TIL about the USS Constellation, a sloop-of-war that was the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy. The ship was built at the Gosport Shipyard between 1853 and 1855 and was named for the earlier frigate of the same name that had been broken up in 1853.