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TIL that in Canada, a piece of land must have a tree on it to be called Island.

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45YJ TIL Wonder Woman was named a UN Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls in 2016. However, due to her being an overtly sexualized scantily clad “large breasted white woman of impossible proportions” critics dismissed the character as not being a worthy role model for women.
Jgp8 TIL that in season 1 episode 6 of the Dr Who series, it is mentioned that a meteor would crash in Russia in 2013. The episode was aired in 2005.
YpV6v TIL that dragonfly-like Meganeuropsis permiana which flew around 300 million years ago was 1.5 feet long with a wingspan of 2.5 feet. The biggest insect that has ever existed. If we cloned one today, it would probably suffocate because it needed the 30% Oxygen atmosphere present then (20% now).
e4d4 TIL a software company buried a $1,000 prize deep in its Terms of Service to see if anyone actually read them. After 4 months and over 3,000 sales, someone finally asked about the prize
koxe TIL night vision is always green because the human eye can see more shades of green greater than any other colour.