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TIL Upper Peninsula of Michigan(UP) is the only region in the US where Finnish Americans make up a plurality of the population. Even the local English dialect is influenced by Finnish.

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Z8JEo TIL there is a small strip of land in North Carolina which is officially British. This small cemetery is the burial place of several soldiers killed in World War 2. It flies the British flag, and the 'forever lease' states that it is British land.
N7eNM TIL that the cafeteria scene in Spider-Man where Tobey Maguire catches falling food on a tray is actually real with no CGI involved, it took Tobey 156 takes to nail the shot.
JKn8 TIL In 2007, a woman delivered twins in North Carolina. One was born at 1:32 a.m. and the second came 34 minutes later, but because the clocks switched back an hour, the second baby was technically born at 1:06 a.m.
kJkl1 TIL the word "lunacy" dates back to the 15th century when it was believed the moon and its phases could make people become more or less aggressive, depending on its place in the lunar cycle.
JY9nl TIL that "mouth breather" is not a random insult. Breathing through your mouth can actually harm your body and brain, causing ADHD, fatique or the deformation of of your face and general posture