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TIL There was an ancient kingdom in Northern Africa literally called "Pwnt."

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R7AVl TIL San Francisco refused to enforce prohibition - repealing its local ban on illegal saloons, preventing the police from enforcing prohibition, and reprimanding officers who took action against alcohol consumption.
WaQ8 TIL that the government of the Czech Republic has renamed the country “Czechia”
0y9M TIL that Americans consistently overestimate blacks and Hispanics’ share of the US population. They estimate on average that 33% are black and 29% Hispanic when the true figure is less than 13% for each.
j6M4p TIL the Hawaiian bobtail squid feeds a symbiotic bacteria living inside of it (called Vibrio fischeri) sugar & amino acids. In exchange, the bacteria emanate just enough light to match the moon's rays, rendering the squid virtually invisible at night
kpEE TIL in 2008 there was a gamma ray burst, a violent cosmic explosion, 7.5 billion lightyears away, which is halfway across the visible universe, which could have been seen with a naked eye from the surface of the Earth. Anyone who saw it was looking billions of years into the past with their eyes.