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TIL there is a town in SC whose motto is "Home to 2,392 of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Population 2,399". The population was 2418 in 2010

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NXZVJ TIL that as the Soviet Union collapsed, a cosmonaut named Sergei Krikalev was left stranded on board a Soviet space station. Because of this, he spent 311 consecutive days in space, twice as long as was originally planned.
Ze7v TIL there is a town called Okay, OK
yQJdw TIL of the Blue People of Kentucky, carriers of a recessive genetic trait that that gives the sufferers blue skin tone. The the last known descendant was born in 1975.
OQBa TIL there was a dutch man born in 1912, Mirin Dajo, who willingly had an actual sword thrust through his body multiple times without organ damage. He was taught this method by Indian mystics and performed it in public.
E1Mm0 TIL that in most states in America, employers are are not federally required to provide meal breaks of rest breaks to employees