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TIL that the British Museum is older than the United States

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4XlYR TIL On June 7th, 1692 the pirate city, Port Royal, in Jamaica was rocked by a massive earthquake that shook the city into the ocean, leaving 2,000 souls burried under sand and brick. Shortly after the quake, a tsunami flooded what was left.
6Ex88 TIL that San Marino is obliged to use Italy's mint, and is forbidden to cultivate tobacco. In exchange for these limitations, Italy provides San Marino an annual stipend of 250 tonnes of sea salt, 40 tonnes of tobacco and 20 tonnes of cigarettes.
V1eG TIL Michigan’s state motto is “Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice”: “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.”
JNem TIL that the retailer Target has a “walk of shame” policy intended to cause emotional distress to employees accused of wrongdoing, by having them publicly arrested and paraded through the store in handcuffs.