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TIL Canada has specifically banned members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering the country.

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XOPr TIL crows will crush an ant and rub it all over themselves like perfume–the formic acid in the ants helps ward off parasites.
P19vO TIL: Horse flies have razer sharp stabbing organs with two pairs of cutting blades and a spongelike part to lap up the blood of its victim, unlike the mosquito wich will release a mild anaesthetic to its host, the female Horse fly bite will sting and continue feeding until it is full or dead.
nWXWB TIL Queen Victoria was fifth in line to the British throne when she was born.
Nnb1 TIL When the Kurds revolted against British rule in the 1920’s, Winston Churchill said; “I am strongly in favour of using poisoned gas against the uncivilized tribes… it would spread a lively terror.” Decades later, Saddam Hussein did what Churchill advocated (Poison Gas Attack on Halabja, 1988).
e0nP4 TIL There is a strip club in Canada that doubles as a church on Sunday