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TIL that over 56% of the world’s coastline is in Canada
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TIL One of the most inaccurately named men in history was Charles Coward. While in German captivity, he traded clothes with a Jewish inmate so that he could report to the British on what was happening in Auschwitz, and he later testified in Nuremberg.
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TIL that Belarus is the last country in Europe that still uses the death penalty. The convicts are shot in the back of the head with a silenced PB-9 pistol. The whole procedure, starting with the announcement about denied appeals and ending with the gunshot, lasts no longer than two minutes.
wok48
TIL A 30 year-old woman from New Zealand died in 2013 due to cardiac arrhythmia that was linked to her habit of drinking up to 2.6 gallons of Coca-Cola daily.
EgWrp
TIL the 1966 song "River Deep – Mountain High" which was written by Phil Spector, cost a then unheard of $22,000 ($207,000 in 2023), and required 21 session musicians. It was reported that the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson attended the session, where he sat "transfixed" and "did not say a word."
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TIL that Rainbow Trout and Ocean Trout are the same species but just caught/raised in freshwater and saltwater respectively.