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TIL Canada's 2nd Amendment is the transferring control of Prince Rupert's Land to Canada from Hudson Bay Company

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AD4nd TIL Earlier mammals like cats, rabbits, and ferrets experience endocrine changes during mating - usually from clitoral stimulation during intercourse - that induce ovulation. In humans, orgasms lead to similar endocrine changes but are not required for ovulation.
Egl0x Til Mr Cruel is an unidentified offender active in late 80s and early 90s Melbourne. He abducted three girls. Two victims described the house where they were held and heard planes nearby, suggesting it was near Melbourne Airport. He is the prime suspect in the 1991 murder of Karmein Chan.
VBBED TIL about "doubling"—a method of multiplication devised by the ancient Egyptians that required only the abilities to multiply and divide by 2 and to add. This method is still in wide use today as implemented by binary multiplier circuits in modern computer processors.
PWDO TIL - A man loved his goldfish so much he paid almost $500 for a life saving surgery to remove its constipation
aob9 TIL the Japanese call their currency “en”. The reason it’s “yen” in English is because early Japanese-English dictionary compliers didn’t know that the pronunciation had changed.