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TIL Minnesota is the only state in the contiguous USA that has always held a viable gray wolf population.

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loG0K TIL Chen Si a Chinese man who has stopped more than 300 people from committing suicide off the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, China.
RZQ6 TIL in 1915 a group of 112 Belgian prisoners asked the German commandant permission to organize a bike race. Under strict rules and heavy oversight, the racers escaped from Belgium simply by continuing after they crossed the finish line.
OoYy4 TIL Canada has the "Apology Act", whereby apologising to someone after an incident can't be used in court to establish guilt or liability of the person apologising.
gj9b TIL the reason Britain says “Aluminium” and America says “Aluminum” is due to the Scientist who coined a name for the element being indecisive and using both names in his book
R0Kl TIL on August 29, 1966, The Beatles played what would become their last official concert as a band at Candlestick Park, San Francisco. The Park’s capacity was 42,500, but only 25,000 tickets were sold, leaving large sections of unsold seats.