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TIL Canadians live ~4 years longer than Americans on average

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NDne TIL a Master-Level NY Baker claims he was fired after reporting to his employer the that flour used for making bread was infested with insects. His boss told him to just go ahead and use the infested flour for multi-grain bread, presumably because customers would not be concerned about the crunch.
X0vlQ TIL that Vikings spent a lot of time skiing as a mean of transportation and later, recreation. It was such an important part of their culture that they had a God dedicated to skiing.
Bg4ML TIL 'George Washington said before his death "I will never set foot on English soil again" so when they erected a statue of him in London, they put US soil under his statue to honor his claim.'
pmXQ TIL at the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
JYAwm TIL all the gold ever mined in human history is smaller than the statue of liberty.