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TIL that when Canada loses a soldier in Afghanistan, thousands of Canadians line the bridges along the Highway of Heroes in a show of compassion; hoping there won’t be a reason to return to the bridges again.

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6j48 TIL that India is the only country that uses m.r.p.(Maximum Retail Price) system to fix a maximum price for products and commodities and a product cannot be sold for a price above its m.r.p.
klB5 TIL Futurama writer Ken Keeler invented and proved a mathematical theorem strictly for use in the plot of an episode
e6dn TIL the South Korean government demands that big-box retailers, like Tesco and Costco, be closed two Sundays a month in an effort to support small businesses and mom-and-pop vendors.
pBKp TIL Judith Barsi (Voice of Ducky from The Land Before Time) was brutally shot and killed along side her mother by her father at the age of 10.
JYxkV TIL that for 70 years a bunch of New Zealanders have continued to fervently believe that moose still live on the South Island of NZ despite no actual sightings since 1952 - the mystery has been compared to Bigfoot