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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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WxEB TIL that the most visited tourist attraction in the state of Missouri is Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World.
jNEN TIL the Governor of New York wrote an article in 1919 warning of a “holocaust” against “six million” Jews in Europe [resubmission because TIL mods took down last one that reached the front-page because they said it was not verifiable. Article now contains JewishVirtualLibrary citation]
P1YgJ TIL that the Aboriginal people of Australia have occupied the land for more than 60,000 years.
laN1 TIL: The food company Heinz has apologized after a QR code on a bottle of tomato ketchup directed people to a pornography website.
PYdPE TIL A decade before the Internet went mainstream, French citizens were interacting via Minitel, a computer network open to anyone with a telephone