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TIL in 1972 Canada had a contest to complete the saying "As Canadian as..." The winner was Heather Scott who answered "As Canadian as possible under the circumstances."

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MeAaB TIL Christopher Boyce, a college drop out who despised the CIA was given high level security clearance to handle top secret CIA wires. He then sold these top level secrets to the Soviet Union through its embassy in Mexico City. The story was a top selling book and movie "The Falcon and the Snowman"
JbNQ TIL some cattle producers in the US have started feeding foods such as cookies, gummy worms, marshmallows, fruit loops, orange peels, and dried cranberries to their animals in response to high corn costs. These sugary foods are intended to replace the starchy sugar content of corn.
JRK4 TIL the punishment for cross dressing in Saudi Arabia is a mandatory life sentence.
7rEdZ TIL that Einstein described quantum entanglement as "spuckhafte ferwirklung" or "spooky action at a distance" because it contradicted his Theory of Relativity
Pg7g TIL the French philosopher Voltaire said, “Canada [is] a country covered with snows and ices eight months of the year, inhabited by barbarians, bears and beavers. ”