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TIL that in 1909 the citizens of Ulysses, Kansas, moved their whole city (including all buildings) to evade high taxes

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lobv5 TIL that Despite its name, no part of Equatorial Guinea's territory lies on the equator— it is in the northern hemisphere, except for the insular Annobón Province, which is about 155 km (96 mi) south of the equator.
DQx9e TIL; Before leaving the Titanic, a second officer forgot to hand over a key to the locker - which housed the ships' binoculars. The lookouts that night later said, if they had binoculars, they would have avoided the iceberg.
NXY0b TIL that the world's longest golf course is 1365km long. Nullarbor Links is an18-hole par 72 golf course with one hole in each participating town or roadhouse along the Eyre Highway, from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia to Ceduna in South Australia.
rBe1 TIL the end credits for ‘Airplane!’ lists Adolf Hitler as the 'Worst boy’, as opposed to a movie industry term 'Best boy’ (gaffer/key grip department foreman).
Egx60 TIL since the mid 90's cars have a arrow on the fuel gauge that indicates which side of the car it's gas cap is on