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TIL of Canada's "Apology Act" to allow habitually apologetic Canadians to say "sorry" without implying any admission of fault or liability.

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AGyl TIL the United States has been in a declared state of national emergency since 1933, and is currently under 30 national emergencies including 9/11, the Iranian hostage crisis and Colombian drug trafficking.
nwM7 TIL Google Executive Alan Eustace broke Felix Baumgartner’s record for highest skydive on October 24th, 2014.
7L8x TIL Numbuh 1 of the Kids Next Door is loosely based on Jean-Luc Picard. They are both naturally bald, red shirt wearing englishman leaders who never have good experiences handling women. For Halloween Numbuh 1 even dressed as a member of the Borg.
rddo TIL that during WWII storks migrating from Holland to South Africa were found with messages taped to their legs that read, “Help us! The Nazis are killing us all!”
oMVA TIL a girl who received a liver transplant does not need lifelong immunosuppressants because her blood type spontaneously changed to accommodate the donor liver