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TIL around 10% of the population of Canada were infected by the 2009 Swine Flu

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nWeXo TIL that after Lance Armstrong was stripped of his wins, seven successive Tour de France races (1999-2005) were officially declared without winners because so many riders who finished behind Armstrong were also associated with doping offences.
9Y08Q TIL that there are farmers who schedule planting, cultivating and harvesting of crops based on moon phases
jNRvn TIL 10% of Americans have never left the state they were born. 40% of Americans have never left the country.
754X TIL a “blue discharge” was a form of administrative military discharge issued by the U.S. from 1916-1947. Neither honorable nor dishonorable, the blue discharge became the discharge of choice for commanders seeking to remove homosexual service members from the ranks.
Y7Wxv TIL that Benjamin Franklin’s sharp lightning rods sparked political debates. He argued they were more effective, while King George III preferred blunt ones. The colonies’ adoption of Franklin’s design symbolized a scientific choice and a subtle rebellion against the King's preferences.