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TIL that the US Government Gave Indiana University One Million Dollars to Study Memes

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kOXXd TIL that Nikola Tesla fell in love with a pidgeon.
jNjja TIL, kids growing up in Canada played "The Yukon Trail" instead of the Oregon Trail in the US.
wLxVY TIL that Kirsty MacColl, successful British singer / songwriter and daughter of the composer of "Dirty Old Town", died when she was diving in Mexico, pushing her 15 year old son out of the way of a speeding powerboat that ran her over.
neMeo TIL there is an “island” of Kentucky that is surrounded by Missouri and Tennesse and entirely separated from the rest of the state.
jNRvn TIL 10% of Americans have never left the state they were born. 40% of Americans have never left the country.