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TIL Victoria is the capital of British Columbia

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JLmj TIL that Clearwater, Florida holds the record for most consecutive days of sunshine in a single year, with 361 days.
N74KE TIL that "pizza farms" exist, where they grow all the ingredients of a pizza in one convenient location. Most are in the Midwest.
R5NQl TIL about the Amphicar, an amphibious automobile from the 1960s. US President Lyndon B. Johnson owned one, and he was known to frighten visitors at his ranch by driving them downhill directly into his property's lake, all the while shouting that he had malfunctioning brakes.
LQy89 TIL that silver fulminate is so unstable that the weight of a falling feather will cause a few milligrams to explode. It also can't be collected in larger quantities because it self-detonates under its own weight.
XPpX TIL a Finnish tax auditor died at his desk at work and no one noticed for two days. “People thought he wanted to work in peace and no one disturbed him.”