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TIL Canadians live ~4 years longer than Americans on average

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b9GPp Today I learned that placing any items (which are not USPS letters with proper postage paid) in a mailbox is a federal crime in the USA
yQ6Ma TIL of Shennong, the Chinese God of Agriculture. Once a mortal man, he invented agriculture and travelled the world to eat every plant in existence to determine to his people which ones are edible, medicinal, and/or poisonous. He eventually poisoned himself, but his deeds raised him to Godhood
wpbW TIL a pigeon was held in India and kept under police guard on allegation of spying for Pakistan
nenkY TIL Girl Scouts is now sponsored by weapons manufacturer Raytheon.
VMYy8 TIL that Dorothy Eady believed she was the reincarnated lover of Seti I. She was a successful and respected Egyptologist, who predicted the location of an ancient garden before it was excavated.