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TIL the Hawaiian pizza was invented by a Canadian

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eppY5 TIL that the platypus and echidna are the only 2 species of mammal that lay eggs
P1eeJ TIL that at the ancient Olympics, cheating athletes would be fined and the fines used to build bronze statues at the entrance of the Olympic stadium, each inscribed with the name of the cheater and how they cheated
Ooxj1 TIL Kirkpatrick MacMillan, who invented the bicycle (disputed) also has the first recorded instance of a bicycle traffic offense, when he knocked over a pedestrian in Glasgow and was fined 5 shillings.
Rk0w TIL in the 1500’s, it was believed there had to be a continent on the bottom of the Earth to “balance things out.” It turns out that was true, and that continent was Antarctica.
Qj19 TIL Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States were the only countries to vote against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples