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TIL that the Canadian minister of Citizen, Immigration and Multiculturalism officially declared Santa Claus to be a Canadian citizen in a political move reaffirming Canada’s claim of northern sovereignty over that of the Russians and the Dutch

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6EZam TIL: "Preformationism" was the historical belief that sperm were actually fully-developed miniature men who grew into a fetus once deposited inside the womb.
vGlD TIL it takes the saguaro cactus 10 years to reach a foot tall. The saguaro cactus does not grow arms until it is approximately 70 years old.
b95Aa TIL an Ohio court of appeals upheld that calling someone the n-word is not protected speech under the first amendment
a8Ma9 TIL that the term G.I. has multiple origins and reinterpretations, from standing for Galvanized Iron to General Issue.m. Additionally, G.I. Joe was originally the title of a newspaper strip that spawned a host of other media.
yVl1X TIL during the two decades that the famous advertising campaign 'Got Milk?' ran, it reached an estimated 80% of all US consumers on any given day. By the end of the campaign, around 350 national TV and print ads had been used including 70 commercials in California alone.