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TIL police departments in Canada give out “positive tickets” when they see people doing something positive.

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ep46k TIL that millions of Japanese people celebrate Christmas with KFC as a modern tradition.
R5DQl TIL Wisconsin uses cheese brine as a melting agent on their roads!
rZaW TIL that a daycare in Israel had an issue of parents picking kids up late and decided to start punishing the parents by making them pay a fine. Surprisingly, the opposite effect occured and more parents started leaving there kids at the daycare and picking them up late.
d8mrB TIL that ravens and wolves have formed a mutually beneficial relationship out in the wild. Ravens have been observed calling wolves to the site of dead animals so that the wolves will then open up the carcass and leave the scraps for the ravens once they're finished.
R08Q TIL in 1998, during a soccer match in the Congo a lightning bolt struck the pitch and killed all 11 members of one team. The other team was left unscathed.