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TIL that before the Statue of Liberty, the US was personified as Columbia, which is where the name District of Columbia comes from.

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PYOlJ TIL When President Jimmy Carter told a joke during a speech in a college in Japan it was greeted with uproarious laughter. When he asked why the joke had gotten such a response, the Japanese interpreter replied: “I told the audience, ‘President Carter told a funny story; everyone must laugh.’ ”
x6Kxk TIL 59% of 18-25 year olds in the United States are overweight or obese
oRAko TIL there is no official "national identity card" in the United States. Most Americans use their driver’s license as a national identification.
WkEX9 TIL that in the middle of the Great Depression, a man placed an offer in an Ohio newspaper, saying: If you’re in trouble, write me. Many people sent him desperate letters, needing things like shoes, a coat, mercy, food, and to save their family from despair. And back came checks, under a pseudonym.
5Vm1P TIL that whales evolved from terrestrial animals, and are most closely related to hippopotamuses