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TIL 11% of americans could not identify the united states on a map in a 2002 survey.

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jm4E TIL Metallica’s lawyer once sent a cease and desist letter to a Metallica cover band. Metallica later said they had no idea the letter had been sent and offered an apology and told Rolling Stone that they had started out as a cover band, adding “Heck, we even recorded a two-disc album of covers!”
dJAZ TIL Jesse James once gave a widow he was staying with $1400 to pay off a debt collector. He told her to give him the money and get a receipt. James then hid and waited for the debt collector to leave, and then robbed the man as he left the widow’s home.
ZpG74 TIL that the de facto main language between Singaporeans is Singaporean Colloquial English, AKA broken English/Singlish
45eJ TIL a man built a cutting-edge stealth boat for the US Navy. Then the government tried to put him out of business.
dlx8 TIL that Gibralter overwhelmingly voted out to not be a Spanish sovereignty twice.