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TIL that there are people in the Canary Islands who communicate by whistling.

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m9jY TIL a model airplane crossed the Atlantic on one fuel tank. It flew from Canada to Ireland and landed with only 1.8 oz of fuel left. (2003)
78pGx TIL that The Beatles once held the top 5 spots of the Billboard Hot 100 - more than anyone else ever - but had another 7 songs on the list at the time.
WkoQA TIL in World War I, deep fried potato batons were popular among American soldiers stationed in Belgian after they were served to the British for their love of chips. As, the language locally and of the Belgian Army at the time was French, they thought they were in France naming them ‘French fries’.
RDw6 TIL German shepherds where renamed to “Alsatian Wolf Dog” after World War I due to the anti-German sentiment of the era.
ANKXa TIL that Lenore Zann, the voice actress of Rogue in "X-Men: The Animated Series" and "X-Men '97", was a member of Canada's Parliament for two years and spent 10 years in Nova Scotia's House of Assembly