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TIL that Canada now has higher property and violent crime rates than the United States of America.

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BVrD TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger went AWOL from the military to compete in (and win) his first bodybuilding competition. His superiors, after reprimanding him, allotted him extra food and built him a gym, including a portable gym inside a tank, so he could train even when deployed. [12:23]
XEZRR TIL that English has no future tense. Every time we talk about the future, we talk about it in the present tense, like “I am going to the airport” or “I will start school next week.” Even “will” expresses intention in the present and not the future.
xVvPo TIL that the BBC between 1967 and 1978 routinely deleted old archive entries, including 97 of 253 episodes from the first six years of Doctor Who.
9QjX TIL Ashton Kutcher went to pick up his girlfriend for a Grammy party and went alone after nobody answered the door, despite seeing ‘red stains’ on the floor through a window. His girlfriend was murdered inside.
ZpvMR TIL: Benedictine Monks in Oregon brew a beer at the Mt. Angel Abbey named "Black Habit"