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TIL the US-Canada trade relationship is the largest in the world, surpassing even US-China trade. The amount of goods crossing the Windsor-Detroit bridge alone is larger than annual US-Japan trade.

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OoJA6 TIL in 1960, an Australian father won nearly $3 million (adjusted AU$) in the lottery, with his picture getting plastered all over the news. Shortly after, his 8-year-old son was kidnapped for ransom and eventually murdered. This changed anonymity laws for lottery winners in Australia forever.
Eg4yp TIL the first known résumé was written by Leonardo da Vinci, when applying to be a military engineer for the Duke of Milan. It's mainly just a list of his designs for siege weapons (including trebuchets). He briefly mentions his art: "In painting, I can do everything possible." He got the job.
0woRA TIL that in early 1940, America sent a large research vehicle to the Antarctic which, when it arrived, was unable to move in snow and ice, except when driven backwards. The vehicle was eventually abandoned and has not been seen since 1958 due to ice shelf drifting and snowfall.
xNgk TIL British Airways Flight 5390 suffered the loss of half the windscreen at 17,000 feet, resulting in the pilot being half sucked out of the plane. He survived with relatively minor injuries, despite the crew considering letting him go after presuming he was dead.
yQLda TIL the kid starring in Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid" went on to become Uncle Fester in the Addams Family TV series (bonus he married Betty Grable too)