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TIL Victoria is the capital of British Columbia

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M7Qa TIL that in 1953 the United States government detonated a nuclear bomb in Utah more powerful than Little Boy of Hiroshima. The bomb, nicknamed Harry, was known to the Utahans as Dirty Harry because of the large amount of fallout.
w9Go TIL In 2016 a Neo-Nazi on trial in the UK for racism towards a black mother and her children told the judge she’s “a bit of a cunt” to which the judge replied, “you are a bit of a cunt yourself”
loro5 TIL fast food restaurants frequently use Columbus Ohio to test out new products because the demographics of the city closely resemble those of the country as a whole
NApJ TIL Jason Mraz moved onto a farm, discovered hundreds of Avocado trees on it, and now supplies chipotle with Avocados while eating 2-3 daily himself.
9o77 TIL that Billy Joel’s hit song ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ was in response to an acquaintance who said that nothing happened in the 1950s.