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TIL Kansas City isn't in Kansas at all but rather in Missouri. The town used to be called Kansas but soon after the city's incorporatation the territory of Kansas was established so they renamed the town Kansas City

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8eGxX TIL The world's largest burrito weighed 5,799.44 kg (12,785.576 lbs) and was achieved by CANIRAC La Paz, in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico on 3 November 2010. 54 restaurants spent 9 1/2 hours creating the 2.4 km (1.49 mi) burrito which was later enjoyed by thousands.
Eg4m0 TIL that the words “right or wrong,” are not definite, absolute or finite. They can have multiple meanings based on the person using the words as they are disambiguous.
KY9Ya TIL the first video game in which jiggly breasts were a notable feature was "Fatal Fury 2," released in 1992.
v1Nex TIL that if you folded a piece of paper 42 times, it would be thick enough to reach the moon. It would take just 23 folds for a .1-millimeter piece of paper to be one kilometer thick, and 30 folds for it to be thick enough to reach outer space (100,000 kilometers). With 51 you will burn in the Sun.
GYXBg TIL that when Guillermo Del Toro's father was kidnapped, director James Cameron gave Del Toro over $1 million in cash to help pay the ransom.