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TIL in 1911, eleven and seven year old brothers rode on horseback from NYC to San Francisco in 62 days

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J1paV TIL that a Voting Poll Booth was set up for just one Voter in Gujarat, India. The Banej polling booth, used to be set up during Gujarat and general polls only for him, who used to live alone at a Shiva Temple-cum-ashram in Gir West forest division.
4dXR TIL that in 1989, a group calling itself “The Breeders” deliberately caused a medfly infestation in California, devastating crops and causing millions in damage. No suspects were ever identified.
nW7Eo TIL JFK Jr's nickname, "John-John", was because a reporter misheard JFK calling him "John" twice in quick succession and the name was not used by his family.
5YjPD TIL that the Barenaked Ladies' song "One Week" spent one week at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
6k6m TIL the X’s that you often see on the sides old moonshine jugs in cartoons and popular media actually signified how many times that particular batch had gone through the still, being that the basic pot-stills of yesteryear required you to distill the mash several times.