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TIL that Q is the only letter that isn't in any US state's name.

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PN7Z TIL that a Starbucks white hot chocolate has 78 grams of sugar (2 cans of soda), and over 500 calories, more than a McDonald’s BigMac
Obba TIL that in order to transmit radio signals to submerged submarines, one technique is to place electrodes in the ground many miles apart, using the earth’s core as a giant antenna.
BrOod TIL Carlos was dubbed "The Jackal" by The Guardian after one of its correspondents reportedly spotted Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel The Day of the Jackal near some of the fugitive's belongings
Pl9J TIL an uncontacted tribe still inhabits an island in the Indian Ocean, living as simple hunter-gatherers. They are vigorously hostile to outsiders, and have not yet developed early technologies such as agriculture or writing.
EgVrp TIL Jewish people were banned from England from 1290 to the 1650's