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TIL Winnipeg has a Skywalk System, a network of pedestrian skyways and tunnels connecting a significant portion of downtown. It provides year-round climate-controlled access to over 200 shops, 700 apartment units, 2 hotels, and 11 financial centres

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9Y6rB TIL Maurice Sendak - author of “Where the Wild Things Are” - once sketched a drawing in a letter and sent it to a child who was a fan of his. He later received a letter from the child’s mom telling him her son enjoyed the letter so much he ate it.
xOOk TIL of a Shabbat elevator. These elevators stop at every floor so that Jews won’t have to press buttons on the Sabbath since pressing buttons is considered ‘doing work’.
0dkny TIL different kinds of tea (black, green, white, oolong) come from the same plant. The only difference is in how the leaves are processed.
Z8vlv TIL The Man in the Iron Mask, a popular legend of movies, books, & media, was a real person who was imprisoned for 34 years in France and died in the Bastille in 1703. Although theories abound, no verifiable data can confirm his true identity or the crime he was sentenced for.
VBEAp TIL that Jill Ellis is the only coach - women or men - to win the World Cup as a foreign coach. Every prior winning coach has had the same nationality as the winning country.