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TIL the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville turned a profit of only $57

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jNP9n TIL Thomas Jefferson was skeptical about extinction, and thought mastodons were probably lurking in the deep West.
nWkj9 TIL It's been 13 years since a new country was added to the world map, marking the longest period in modern history without the formation of any new nations.
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