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TIL that despite having hundreds of entries, the lowest rated Mario game on Metacritic is only 54: Mario Party Advance

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epg5D TIL Breakaway song was written by Avril but decided to give to Kelly
R7Rnl TIL, CBC had a contest to complete the phrase "as Canadian as ____" (by analogy with "as American as apple pie"). The winner: "as Canadian as possible, under the circumstances"
DQmRp TIL GPS was opened up for public use in 1983 by Ronald Reagan following a Korean Airlines flight being shot down after wandering into Soviet airspace
QJX7e TIL Hitler hated smoking. In addition, German doctors were the first to link smoking with cancer, leading to the first ever public anti-smoking campaign.
YpVaZ TIL that many Icelanders refer to WW2 as "the blessed war" because the country has the war to thank for their independence.