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TIL Canada has a national park that is larger than Switzerland.

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OoBpg TIL President Ulysses S. Grant gargled red wine laced with cocaine to relieve pain from throat cancer
LQj9v TIL that the extra skin on the elbow joint is called Weenis
1ElV TIL that George Clooney was paid more to make Ocean’s Eleven (20 million) than his character earned from robbing casinos (12.3 million).
pOG4 TIL the inventor of the Segway isn’t dead. His name is Dean Kaman, and he has been working on a water purification machine to bring clean water to the parts of the world without it. He designed the new Coca Cola fountain dispensers in exchange for Coke’s support in distributing his machines.
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