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TIL Kansas is actually flatter than a pancake

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ADOvw TIL there is a National Hot Dog & Sausage Council which provides guidelines on proper hot dog-eating etiquette. Ketchup is forbidden after the age of 18.
9YKbB TIL Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is a big Lord of the Rings fan, and under the pseudonym ‘Ingahild Grathmer’ helped to illustrate the danish version of the book
kL6g TIL that in the UK there is a high court judge known as Mr. Justice Mann
D1KyJ TIL of JNG Whistler, who was part of a famous military family, and cousin to James Whistler, who was the painter of Whistler's Mother. JNG would find himself in Dakota Territory, where he would save the lives of countless Dakota Indians.
lMvA TIL that the first building in the world to ban smoking was the Old Government Building in Wellington, New Zealand in 1876. This was due to concerns about the threat of fire, as it is the second largest wooden building in the world.