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TIL there is a city in California with a population of 219, but is home to 80,000 jobs

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8epp8 TIL that the 2003 Somaliland presidential election, which was hailed as one of the freest and most transparent democratic exercises ever staged in the Horn of Africa, saw the candidate from a minority clan win by a margin of only 0.00016%, or 80 votes, over two other contenders
j6gEE TIL that although the Gregorian Calendar is built around the fact that Jesus' birth was in 1 AD (AD stands for "Anno Domini" or "in the year of the Lord"), most historians agree that Jesus was actually born between 4 BC and 6 BC.
WkR5N TIL about the James Bond comedy from 1967, titled Casino Royale starring David Niven as the aging "original" Bond
e0Xek TIL Conchobar mac Nessa, the legendary Irish king, was conceived because his mother asked a druid, Cathbad, what that moment was right for, and Cathbad said, "conceiving a king." Cathbad was the only available man for the conception.
5YdBB TIL shepherds in Gascony, France traditionally wore stilts called tchangues (“big legs”) that allowed them to walk rapidly on marshy ground.