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TIL that the Five-0 in the title of the 1960s TV series - Hawaii Five-0 - refers to Hawaii being the 50th US state.

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D1vkJ Today I learned that High German is spoken in South Germany and that Low German is spoken in North Germany.
YWYx TIL Comedian Drew Carey tried to kill himself when he was 18 in Las Vegas. He recalled being homeless, was selling his plasma for $40, and looked for spare change to buy boxed macaroni and cheese. “All I had was water, no butter. That is some bad macaroni and cheese.”
JYBm TIL that the most decorated unit in US military history is the 442nd Infantry Regiment, which was made up mostly by Japanese-American volunteers during WWII.
grn9y TIL Otou Katayama stopped speaking to his wife for 20 years because he was jealous of the attention she gave their children, he only communicated with her via grunts and noises.
J16rm TIL the Death Camas plant is so toxic that there is only one known pollinator. The plant is visited by a specialist mining bee, which can tolerate its toxins - others are fatally poisoned. One plant species name is Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum ≈ toxic bulb poisonous poisonous.