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TIL there was a town named Whizbang in the USA. Local civil leaders considered the name "undignified", so the post office calls it "Denoya" instead.

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0wv1R TIL there will be five new sports debuting in the 2020 Summer Olympics: Skateboarding, Rock climbing, Surfing, Baseball/Softball, and Karate
BgveW TIL Sam White, a Virginia Civil War collector, was killed in 2008 when a 140 year old high explosive cannonball he was restoring detonated in his driveway. The explosion was powerful enough to send chunks of shrapnel up to 1/4 mile away. There were 18 more cannonballs in his driveway at the time.
N7B8Q TIL, Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame has never done cocaine and stopped doing drugs at 20.
5gOR TIL that in most elevators, the close-door button doesn’t work. It’s just a placebo. Press away, friends.
mWKR TIL that this July we will get to see the first ever detailed images of Pluto.