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TIL the US-Canada Border is both the longest and least militarized border in the world

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ZpgLQ TIL most cells on our body have a single non-motile cilium that acts as a cellular antenna
ADg7x Four-fifths of the UAE’s population are classed as ‘foreigners’.
691G8 TIL about the Scunthorpe problem, which is the unintentional blocking of online content because of a censored string. AOL refused service to Scunthorpe, England because their filters kept censoring the word 'cunt'.
y4ep TIL in 1990, Mr. Rogers sued the KKK for impersonating his voice in prerecorded messages. These messages said “AIDS was divine retribution” and included radio skits simulating lynchings of black children on a playground. The tapes were circulated among elementary and middle school children.