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TIL Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be Boston, Oregon.

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l70B TIL Seth McFarlane also wrote (many, if not all) episodes of Johnny Bravo and Dexter’s Laboratory, as well as a couple Cow and Chicken episodes! =D
d648 TIL that until WWII, basically everyone in NYC who moved apartments moved on May 1st
N1yQ TIL JFK said “There is a terrific disadvantage not having the abrasive quality of the press applied to you daily … even though we never like it, and even though we wish they didn’t write it … there isn’t any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without [the press]”
9Aa6 TIL Amtrak will attach privately-owned rail cars to their trains so you can travel between points in North America.
xPB7 TIL that Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him