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TIL. Venus flytraps are only native to North and South Carolina.

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rZ64 TIL The maximum speed ever recorded on a public road was set in 1938 and still stands today at - 268mph
Lkd00 TIL that the French philosophy on emergency medical care is to provide a higher level of care at the scene of the incident, and so every ambulance is staffed with a Doctor who arrives on site.
P8ge TIL: The name of Australia’s capital, Canberra, is derived from an indigenous word “nganbra,” which means the space between a woman’s breasts.
XEn8r TIL that it takes your GPS receiver up to 12 minutes to adjust the time correctly. The GPS time is presently 18 seconds ahead of UTC because they started timekeeping in 1980 and can't factor in leap seconds.
P77O TIL Xerox has a program called Social Service Leave that allows employees to take a year off to work for a nonprofit organization while earning their full salary and including job security.