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TIL Hawaii was not a U.S. state when Pearl Harbor was attacked. It was 18 years after Pearl Harbor that Hawaii officially became the 50th U.S. state on August 21st, 1959.

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OdM4 TIL of the pastry known as a “Persian”. Available only in the Canadian city of Thunder Bay it’s recipe is a tightly guarded secret to the point that people don’t actually know what kind of berry is used for the topping.
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xOm1 TIL archaeologists had found a ring inside a 9th century Viking grave that is inscribed with the phrase ‘for Allah’.
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b9Zp9 TIL the winning entry in last year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition was disqualified because the anteater it featured was stuffed.