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TIL that Nova Scotia is Latin for New Scotland because the first European colonists there were Scottish. So New England is next to New Scotland.

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mxr8p TIL Peanuts, pistachios and other 'nuts' that aren’t actually nuts. They’re legumes.
9XKQ TIL that there’s a 4-mile long river in Peru that’s so hot that it actually boils
DQPEv TIL the "ALS Icebucket Challenge" actually raised enough money to create treatments for the disease (that work). It wasn't just a social media trend that went nowhere.
vJkr TIL… Handshakes were originally meant to make sure that the person you were meeting wasn’t carrying a concealed weapon. The hand clasp proved that your hand was empty and shaking was meant to dislodge any weapons hiding up the sleeve. Source: http://ift.tt/2dN6n8I
9oXm TIL there is a full-sized replica of Stonehenge in Texas, appropriately named “Stonehenge II”