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TIL There are 11 statues of John A MacDonald, Canada's first prime minister, including at the Prime Ministers Path in Baden, Ontario, a collection of statues of all of Canada’s PMs before Kim Campbell

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eXr6 TIL the average child in the UK spends less time outdoors than prison inmates
xVELw TIL that everyone is actually blind in one part of their vision, and you can easily see this in action right now with a simple test. The cause is nerve fibers blocking the retina, and your brain just fills in this spot with surrounding images, so you don't normally notice it.
ZpJ8Y TIL the Australian constitution technically allows for the disenfranchisement of voters based on race
9wxD7 TIL faking illness and abuse is a real medical condition. Munchausen syndrome, is a factitious disorder in which those affected feign or induce disease, illness, injury, abuse, or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to themselves.
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