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TIL The most populous administrative division in the world is the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, if it were a country it would be the sixth most populated in the world.

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9YvmG TIL Napoleon's brother (Joseph Bonaparte) lived in New York City and Philadelphia, but later settled in New Jersey. Some Mexican revolutionaries reportedly offered to crown him Emperor of Mexico in 1820, but he declined.
bJYE TIL a guy dissected every scene from Lost and put them in a chronological timeline. He took every flashback, flash forward, and flash sideways, extracting them from the present day storyline, and created one big timeline.
KOpgJ TIL Roman Emperor Nero used to dress in disguise to rob stores and mug civilians. One night he picked the wrong man, a senator named Montanus, who beat him within an inch of his life. Montanus later realised his error and apologised profusely, however Nero made him commit suicide as recompense.
m1vav TIL in 1656 Boston, a ship's captain was sentenced to sit in the stocks for two hours because he had engaged in "lewd and unseemly behavior" on the Sabbath. Upon arriving home on a Sunday after a three-year voyage at sea, Captain Kemble had kissed his wife
7L5O TIL that the word “cool” (meaning popular) as existed a little longer than 1884. Cool has stayed cool for over 100 years.