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TIL that the city of Tulsa is basically a contraction of the word “Tallahassee”, the Creek word for “Old Town”.

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OgOg TIL the US Navy maintains a research vessel that is designed to be capsized vertically. As a result, most rooms on it have two doors: one to use when the ship is horizontal, another when vertical.
Oyla TIL: McDonalds sells ~100 million burgers every 2 weeks and consumes ~1 billion pounds of beef annually (5.5 million head of cattle)
69vyl TIL Californians wanted to name a new city after San Francisco businessman William Ralston. However, he declined the honor, stating that he was not worthy of it. As a result, they named the city Modesto, California, in honor of his modesty.
w1DP TIL that human feces is not made primarily of undigested plant material or fiber, as commonly thought. Bacteria make up to 60% of the dry mass of human feces.
XELdX TIL: Post Malone once tried out for a metal core band called Crown The Empire in 2010 when he was just 15 years old. He was auditioning to be their guitar player but one of his strings broke and he did not make the band. He was in a high school band playing similar music.