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TIL: “Kemosabe” means Idiot in Apache

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GYVE1 TIL of slope point, the southernmost point of new Zealand. The wind in this area is so strong that trees grow almost sideways.
nW747 TIL you aren’t eating oysters raw, you’re eating them alive.
xVllo TIL Cheerios will send you wildflower seeds for free. Suitable as a garden plant across the country, the seed mix will help to create new places for honeybees to thrive.
VMKRD TIL that even though the 21st Amendment ended alcohol prohibition in the US in 1933, the State of Mississippi enforced the law until 1966 and even today, 32 counties are "dry." Cities in some of those counties do sell some alcohol but it still remains entirely prohibited in 8 counties.
ZpyVY TIL Ohio has license plates reading "Birthplace of Aviation" and North Carolina reads "First in Flight" because the two states both claim the Wright Brothers as their own. The Wrights performed the first controlled, powered flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. but built their plane in Ohio