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TIL North America was once divided by the great Western Interior Seaway that ranged from the present Artic to Gulf of Mexico beginning around the Mesozoic period (approx. 200 millions years ago +/-) Its why Alberta, a land locked province, has such great fossil deposits.

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rREp4 TIL A Liger (Lion/Tiger crossbreed) can get up to 800 pounds and 6 feet long. That makes it as big as any prehistoric cat fossil ever found. (Also bred for its skills in magic).
YRAZ TIL; Israel supported apartheid regime of South Africa, defying international sanctions, to acquire uranium for the sake of producing its nuclear arsenal.
W7VA TIL the Arab World doesn’t read many books unless they are about religion. Spain translates more books in a single year than the entire Arab world has translated in the last 1,000 years.
9Y64r TIL - Whipping boy was an actual title. If a young royal misbehaved, it was considered an insult to the monarchy to physically punish them. As a result, a friend of the young royal was chosen to receive all of the physical punishment.
E1k5X TIL that in most states, a "Certificate of Need" is required before a new hospital can be established. A new entrant has to prove that its services and capacity are "needed,” and existing hospitals are given a chance to argue why the entrant should be barred. This is meant to control care costs.