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TIL scientists have found 1.5-billion-year-old water in a mine 1.5 miles beneath Ontario, Canada

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a0ON TIL The last episode of the Powerpuff Girls was banned. It was a Tommy style musical argued to have a capitalist vs. communist message.
OGx5L TIL about Lemuria, a hypothesised continent existing between India and Madagascar due to Lemurs being found in India and Madagascar but not Africa.
D1r7r TIL there is a species of weevil named after baseball player José Bautista
6EgXw TIL that in 1975, Australia had a government shutdown over their budget. The Prime Minister and all of Parliament was fired, forcing them to restart from scratch. They haven't had a shutdown since.
Meop8 TIL about the Chloe Cooley incident, in which a young black woman was seen being forced into a boat to be sold in 1793. This incident was observed by several witnesses, who then petitioned the Executive Council of Upper Canada, which eventually led to the passage of the Act Against Slavery, 1793.