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TIL that over 56% of the world’s coastline is in Canada

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4km4a TIL the biggest surrender in war history since WWII was on December 16 1971, when the chief of Pakistani forces, General AA Khan Niazi, along with 93,000 troops, surrendered unconditionally before the Indian military. India repatriated all of them by 1973.
e0WMg TIL Jeane Dixon, a self-proclaimed psychic, uttered the words: "I knew this would happen." just before her death.
AD76w TIL dying of laughter is an actual cause of death. The last notable case was when a man of died of laughter because his pulse hit an estimated 250-500 bpm while watching 'A Fish Called Wanda'.
m144Y TIL Columbo's character was married during the series run from 1968-1978, and the 1979 spin-off "Mrs. Columbo" featured a 24-yr old Kate Mulgrew as his wife- making her 14-yrs old when the Columbo series began in 1968.
rl5o TIL since government rules prevented spending more than $750 for a single automobile, FDR did not have an armored car. So he used Al Capone’s.