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TIL that “California here I come” is officially public domain.

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R54v7 TIL that Virginia is the 12th most populated state in the United States, yet it does not have any teams in the NFL, MLB, NHL OR NBA.
BrWXr TIL Louis Braille, inventor of the system of reading and writing for the visually impaired, braille, created the system using the same tool he blinded himself with as a boy, an awl.
oRrdr TIL that a hanging Munchkin on The Wizard of Oz set is a myth
gr51X TIL Swedish car company Volvo turned down a deal that would see them sell 40% of their company for a share of Norwegian oil, that share is now worth 140-200 billion dollars, Volvo was sold in 2010 for less than 2 billion dollars
rl5o TIL since government rules prevented spending more than $750 for a single automobile, FDR did not have an armored car. So he used Al Capone’s.