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TIL that the county where Walt Disney World is located was originally called Mosquito County

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kON9E TIL Garth Brooks holds the record for having the most diamond-certified records, having 9 of them - more than Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd put together.
oBpLE TIL the United States only lost 1 of its first 50 conflicts. Every other war was either a US victory or had no clear victor. The first official defeat was in Red Cloud's War (1866) against the Lakota Tribe. Since then, the US has lost 5 out of 65 conflicts, for a total 95% win rate.
YX0P TIL even if your parents refuse to help you pay for college, Federal Financial Aid won’t let you declare independence until you’re 24.
1Eed TIL HIV was circulating in the US decades before Patient Zero, the flight attendant usually believed to be the source of the AIDS epidemic
6nDX TIL the standard measurement of the kg for the past 127 years is ‘Le Grand K’, a platinum and iridium cylinder that was forged in 1879 and currently resides inside a vault in France.