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TIL that over 56% of the world’s coastline is in Canada
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TIL there used to be an instrument called a hurdy-gurdy. Apparently, it was used for “medieval raves.”
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TIL that there was a controversy with Tinky-Winky from the show ‘Teletubbies’, with critics stating he was a symbol for gay pride. Ken Viselman of Itsy-Bitsy Entertainment commented, that: “He’s not gay. He’s not straight. He’s just a character in a children’s series.”
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TIL that in the early 1900s, it was believed that human cells in culture would proliferate continuously, but Leonard Hayflick proved that cells “remember” their replication level and have a limit to the number of times they can divide, also that cancer cells do not, so only they are immortal.
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TIL that Australia has never made a treaty with it's indigenous people
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TIL that on 29th November 1976 Grand Canyon Airlines Flight N4125R crashed into the Grand Canyon. Killing all occupants on board. Investigations determined that the cause of the crash was the result of an unrestrained German Shepard taking control of the plane.