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TIL world's largest pillow fight involved 7,681 participants in Minnesota.

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X095P TIL a snowy owl once flew from the Artic to Honolulu, and was seen flying around the international airport. It would be shot the same day by wildlife services.
5oM8 TIL ‘Austria’ is derived from the Latin word for 'Eastern’, whereas 'Australia’ is derived from the Latin word for 'Southern’.
LDoV TIL Pedro Alonso López was convicted of Raping and Murdering 110 girls between the ages of 8 - 12 and confessed to killing over 300. He was convicted in 1983 and released in 1998. His whereabouts are unknown.
YpZ9r Til that in 1992, a man named Stefan Mandel won a $27,036,142 jackpot, 6 second prizes, 132 third prizes, and 135 minor prizes in ONE lottery, by buying EVERY SINGLE COMBINATION possible - Over 5.5 million tickets. All 44 US states with lotteries have since changed their laws to prevent this.
Mm0b TIL the modern word ‘museum’ derives the same Latin term which literally means “a place where the Muses are worshiped”. In mythology, the Muses were the embodiment of all knowledge and inspiration related to literature, science, and the arts.