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TIL The center point of the USA is ~20 miles (32 km) north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota. If it weren't for Hawaii and Alaska, it'd be ~ 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northwest of the center of Lebanon, Kensas

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e01A4 TIL that Canada still has 91% of the forest cover that existed at the beginning of European settlement
abvN TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart who served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; survived two plane crashes and escaped a prisoner-of-war camp. He wrote, “Frankly I had enjoyed the war.”
69AWY TIL about the 1985 Manchester Airport Disaster, where a plane caught fire during takeoff, and unclear and inadequate evacuation procedures, combined with jammed exit doors, led to the death of 55 of the 137 people on board
nkW9 TIL Keith Ellison became the first Muslim member of US Congress in 2007. He took the ceremonial oath with a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson.
l7MO1 TIL that in every U.S. state, whoever presses the button on the slot machine wins the wager, which is why in 2017, a man who had his female friend push the slot machine button for good luck did not win anything but she won $100,000.