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TIL That Pine Nuts come from Pine Cones
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TIL that when Canada's Waterloo Lutheran University needed a new name in 1973, it renamed itself after Wilfrid Laurier. While the country's seventh prime minister had no connection with the school, the newly named Wilfrid Laurier University did not have to change its initials, WLU.
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TIL the tetris theme song was based off a russian folk song.
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TIL Canadian engineers wear a steel ring on their little finger as a reminder of the obligations and ethics of the profession after the same bridge collapsed twice in 1907
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TIL: When Sherman published his memoirs during Grant’s Presidency. Many thought that Sherman treated Grant unfairly, however Grant defended the book, saying "when I finished the book, I found I approved every word;that…it was a true book, an honorable book…just as I expected Sherman would write”
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TIL about the mosquito alarm, a device used to repel teenagers by emitting a high pitched sound that can only be heard by younger people