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TIL coconuts actually do migrate, traveling thousands of miles by floating in the ocean until they land on distant shores.

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evvL TIL of the famous 18th-century racehorse named Potoooooooo (Pot-8-Os), whose original name of Potatoes was misspelled on his feed bin by a stable lad. It amused the owner so much that he kept the new name.
0d0K1 TIL the Expatriation Act of 1907 forced U.S. women to lose their citizenship if they married foreign nationals, automatically adopting their husband's nationality. This discriminatory policy was overturned by the Cable Act of 1922, which restored women’s right to retain their citizenship.
e0E9n TIL that Motorola Razr is still being released after first being released in 2004
5YnbB TIL that cats will sometimes shove their butts in your face because their moms would lick their buttholes clean
KYg5R TIL that both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, two of the Founding Fathers of the United States and later Presidents, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.