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TIL that despite its nicknames “The Orange State” and the “Sunshine State” Florida ranks 10th in sunny days and second in orange production.

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epy5n TIL The current year in North Korea is 113. This is because they use the Juche calender and year 1 started on the birthday of Kim Il-Sung (April 15th 1912).
4NAw TIL that readability tests suggest most Wikipedia articles are too sophisticated for their readers.
kDZW TIL of the phrase “Atari Democrat,” a nickname given in the early 80’s to legislators pushing support for development of high-tech businesses to stimulate the economy and job growth
1aokX TIL about a Soviet Air Force lieutenant, Viktor Belenko's defection. He first flew a MiG-25 fighter to Japan in 1976 and gained political asylum in the United States.
OvEY TIL that the slogan for Winston cigarettes, “Winston tastes good like a cigarette should”, was controversial throughout the 50s & 60s, because saying “like” instead of “as” was considered ungrammatical.