Post * Br0Vx — Curious Curator

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TIL Indiana was the last state to allow Coors to be sold owing to exclusive distributorship rules.

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M7MGW TIL: "Popcorn" is not simply a descriptive term, but also refers to a specific variety of corn which has the unique characteristic of being able to pop, while the other five varieties of corn do not have this capability.

KOwXE TIL that there is an underground town in the Australian outback called Coober Pedy. Half of its population live below ground to escape the area's hellish temperatures.

xxQb TIL George Washington’s mother was alive to see George Washington win the revolutionary war and see him become the nation’s first president. She was consistently dissatisfied with her son and even petitioned Virginia for a pension because of claimed neglect.She was also rumored to be a loyalist.

LkL9V TIL The largest recorded temperature change in one place over a 24-hour period occurred on January 15, 1972, in Loma, Montana, when the temperature rose from −54 to 49 °F (−47.8 to 9.4 °C)

QN8Wd TIL Champagne can only be called "Champagne" if made in the Champagne region of France, but due to a loophole in the Treaty of Versailles and the US not signing it, some California winemakers still use the term on their labels.