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TIL Earth is the densest planet in the solar system.

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Wkw1N TIL that Six Flags Amusement Park is named that way because of the 6 different flags that have governed over the state of Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America. The first Six Flags park was Six Flags Over Texas.
ZrNv TIL the guy who brought us “It was a dark and stormy night” also brought us “the pen is mightier than the sword”
M7VpK TIL Missouri, United States has a Single Man Tax (bachelor tax): Single men between the ages of 21 and 50 must pay a $1 annual tax. The law was enacted in 1820, presumably to encourage more men to marry.
YprXd TIL in 1924 Joan Whitney Payson, the first female to own a major league sports team without inheriting it (the New York Mets), was wedding-gifted a palatial house on 5th Ave in New York City by her great uncle which also housed 13 servants.
v9Jx TIL that the 7th time that park ranger Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning coincided with the 22nd time he fought off a bear with a stick.