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TIL - Climax, New York is a hamlet in the town of Coxsackie, Greene County, New York, United States

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YZXG TIL the first proposal to tunnel under the English Channel was put forward by a Frenchman in 1802. It would have had illumination from oil lamps, horse-drawn coaches, and an artificial island mid-Channel for changing horses
aw6gb TIL: That if the entire human race lived as densely as Manhattan, they would fit in the country of New Zealand...Roughly the same size as the state of Colorado.
MyEW TIL that in 2010, the Iroquois National Lacrosse team (the only native american national sports team that is recognized by its sport’s international federation) was not allowed to play in the 2010 championships because the UK Government refused to recognize their Iroquois Nation Passports as valid
YpPM7 TIL Los Angeles county has a larger population than 41 of the 50 US states.
E7wX TIL that the United States of America placed 120,000 Japanese-Americans in internment camps. Their property was confiscated before they entered the camps. It was never returned. Tax records were destroyed which meant camp attendees could not claim compensation for property loss.