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TIL the Ancient Egyptians had a city called Crocodilopolis. It contained a sacred lake where crocodiles were worshipped, fed and adorned with jewelry.

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8eRy8 TIL Vermont has a city called Newport and town called Newport right next to each other.
kOPRe TIL CANOLA is an acronym for Canadian Oil Low Acid
BrJ6r TIL: The Uniform Time act allows states to be except from daylight savings time, or observe it normally. It does not allow for States to observe permanent daylight savings time, a measure that has been passed by 6 States.
7ryBM TIL Celebrity Chief Julia Child helped develop a recipe for Shark Repellent during WWII
WkVv4 TIL an underground street artist movement that began in Texas known as "Knitta Please" and artists simply known as Knittas. They used knitting in place of spray paint for graffiti tagging. Their was to make street art "warm and fuzzy."