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TIL The Ojibwe language, which has been influenced by Cree vocabulary, is spoken in about a dozen First Nations communities in northwestern Ontario. Oji-Cree greetings were first used in the Ontario legislature in 2018

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Eg4NP TIL promising farmland came available when this 310 ft. wood and steel bridge was completed in 1910. It opened 100’s square miles to claim in Central Wyoming. It took a few generations before families gave up the dream because of poor soil and scarce water. Their sad cabins still remain.
vY1B TIL quarters made between the years of 1932 and 1964 are 90% silver and are worth about $5.60 each.
Aw6o TIL that the Largest Nuclear Power Plant in the world is in Ontario, Canada and that their security force has won the U.S. National SWAT Championship four times.
8epjZ TIL a Thai prime minister jumped off a sinking warship and swam to safety. In the Manhattan rebellion, the Navy took the PM hostage aboard a ship. The Air Force and Army were mobilized to put down the rebels. Fierce fighting ensued and the ship with the PM onboard sunk. This was 6 years after WW2.
x68e7 TIL Whitney Houston's National Anthem for SB XXV, Which is Considered Among the Best Renditions Ever...was Lip-synched.