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TIL that Delaware and Maryland are considered to be Southern States by the U.S. Census Bureau

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wLLBE It's not that meanies are more physically attractive than everyone else. They're just very good at fooling us.
QAEM TIL pancakes are one of mankind’s oldest prepared foods, and virtually every culture has their own version of them.
ny9P TIL that when the African Grey parrot N'kisi first met Jane Goodall, he recognized her from a photograph and asked “Got a chimp?” It is claimed that this was a possible display of a sense of humor.
VMEa0 TIL During the Cuban missile crisis, Kennedy said: “Why does he put these in there, though? … It’s just as if we suddenly began to put a major number of MRBMs in Turkey. Now that’d be goddamned dangerous, I would think.” His advisor immediately pointed out: “Well we did it, Mr. President.”
dynZ TIL in early Roman times, a father could legally kill anyone in his family