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TIL Santa Fe, New Mexico is the oldest state capital in the US & its full name remains La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís which means "The Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi" in English.

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8eBDL TIL that all the local anaesthetic drug names end in “-caine” because cocaine was one of the first local anaesthetics.
nMgB TIL of Secret Service agent Jerry Parr, who saved President Ronald Reagan’s life in 1981. Parr was inspired to join the Secret Service by the 1939 movie ‘Code of the Secret Service’… which starred a young Ronald Reagan.
8a8WP TIL that Necco Wafers (Formerlay called 'Hub Wafers'), are so old they were carried by Union soldiers in the civil war, as well as American soldiers in WWII. Necco claims to be the oldest American candy company.
Ooba1 TIL Until 2015 the UK drivers licence required a paper counterpart for the photocard to be valid. The counterpart was abolished on the 8th of June 2015, except in Northern Ireland where the counterpart must still be presented for the photocard to be valid.
4KWX TIL March 1993 blizzard dubbed the “Storm of the Century” affected more than 40% of the US population, killed 300 people, and caused 10 million to lose power, despite the fact that much of the media hesitated to broadcast the forecast due to the enormous numbers predicted by the weather models.