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

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l7Pk1 TIL in the 19th century Abrahamic faiths made common the practice of reverential capitalization as a way to highlight words, such as Him and Light, when referring to the divine.
kJ5Gg TIL Roland Ratzenberger died in a F1 crash in 1994 measured at 500g—the highest g-force for a crash in F1. However, the very same weekend Ayrton Senna died and his death was overshadowed.
BgbXD TIL in 1248, Ottokar II of Bohemia was 15 years old. Several nobles convinced him to lead an attack against his father, King Wenceslaus driving him from his castle. A few months later, Wenceslaus retook power and imprisoned Ottokar. But two years later they made up and conquered Austria.
VBnrB TIL that in 2007, Michael James Shaughnessy, 4th Baron Shaughnessy, of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford in the County of Limerick, died without issue. The title passed to the nearest male relative: His second cousin, who played the male lead on the TV series “The Nanny.”
worJ TIL that 1200 suits of armor and over 10,000 arrows were produced for the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.