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TIL the Republic of West Florida existed from September 1810 to December 1810, for 74 days. It had a constitution and a Governor and a flag, the first lone star flag in US history.

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AZRo TIL Medal of Honor recipient Roy Benavidez was shot 7 times, had 28 shrapnel holes in him, was clubbed by a rifle, slashed by a bayonet twice before he left the battlefield. When mistakenly identified as dead, he spit blood in the medic’s face
QRMM TIL the song ‘Respect’ was originally by Otis Redding and was a man demanding respect when he comes home from work
R75n6 TIL that 71% of counties in the Great Plains have recorded population declines since 1980, the highest rate of any region in the United States.
ojYK TIL that the media can legally lie in the United States, determined by a case in 2003.
OoegR TIL there is a group of people who place a white rose at the 9/11 memorial on the person’s name who would be having a birthday that day.