Post * 4XPkg — Curious Curator

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

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awomL TIL The Infinite Monkey Theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter will produce, in an infinite amount of time, any finite text we can think of. This would include, as an example, the complete works of William Shakespeare.

e0WYJ TIL that bears get tapeworms from eating the salmon. They often extrude from the bear’s backside and can trail behind them for up ten feet.

OYnX TIL that Los Angeles has a pair of twin towers that are very similar in look to the New York Twin Towers, and they were designed by the same architect, Minoru Yamasaki

rRP5M TIL that in 1900, during the Scofield mine explosion, a guy named John Wilson was thrown at least 820 feet into the air. He survived

m1Jdx TIL that in 2017, Taco Bell test marketed the "Kit Kat Chocoladilla" in select Wisconsin locations. The food item consisted of melted Kit Kat pieces in a grilled and folded tortilla.