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TIL The little pegman from Google Street View turns into an Astronaut if you drop him anywhere inside the Kennedy Space Center

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D1D0r TIL that marshmallows were originally made using root juices from a plant (Althaea Officinalis, AKA "marsh mallow")
mxNAx TIL after Chamillionaire won a Grammy for “Ridin’”, he approached ‘Weird Al’ Yancovic on the red carpet, thanked him for the “White and Nerdy” parody and told him “I think your parody is a big reason why I won this Grammy, because you made it undeniable that my song was the rap song of the year."
jNgxn TIL the name of Africa comes from an ancient name of Tunisia, which was a province of the Roman Empire
69Rp7 TIL Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford, is the cousin of Chris Farley
AZox TIL if you buy a Bugatti Veyron for yourself in India you also have to purchase one for the government. (Total cost of $3.65 million)