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TIL that Northern Ireland had a parliament from 1921-1972.

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0eaA TIL Ontario, Canada is named after the lake. Not the other way around.
ArL4 TIL That Alfred Ely Beach constructed the first NY subway in secret, under the nose of corrupt politician William “Boss” Tweed. AND he did it in only 58 days
yQeRM San Francisco is known for tech bros, a prison island, and, of course, its thick, ever-present, fog. An image submitted to National Geographic’s Travel Photographer of the Year contest shows that iconic fog in action, as it slowly envelops a whole Bay Area town.
xmZg TIL actor Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) grew up in a small town in Wales called Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch (58 letters)
dmLK TIL the Apollo 13 astronauts probably hold the record for farthest distance from Earth traveled because of their modified flight trajectory due to the damage done to the Service Module of the spacecraft