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TIL Indigenous women and girls are seven times more likely to get murdered in Canada

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dDxMZ TIL a sheepdog named Casper fought for over 30 minutes against 11 coyotes who were threatening his flock, killed 8 of them, and survived with a severe neck wound and a missing tail.
R5n69 TIL: about explosion welding. First observed during WW1 when shrapnel wasn't just stuck but welded. Now done in controlled sheets for comercial material.
Egkk7 TIL during the filming of Armed and Dangerous, Tiny Lister's stunt double family member died. John Candy paid for him to fly home in a private jet, a top hotel suite, 24 hour limo service, the funeral, and his on-set salary.
0wxmv TIL in the 1920s in Los Angeles, most hotels prohibited women from checking in without a male chaperone, making it unsafe for females traveling to LA solo. Hotel Figueroa was opened in 1926 funded by women making it the largest hotel for women professionals to gather in a safe environment.
loQb7 TIL, that nearly 2 million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined in hands for call of a freedom from USSR