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TIL that the drinking age in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands is 18

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ANda4 TIL: Nearly all adaptations of Gullivers Travels only focus on his journeys to the lands of the very tiny and very huge people. The novel contains more adventures - a flying island of scientists, and an island of sentient horses.
D1dev TIL when John Glenn became the first man to orbit the Earth in 1962, he carried a note that read "I am a stranger. I come in peace. Take me to your leader and there will be a massive reward for you in eternity" translated into several languages, in case he splashed down in the remote South Pacific
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epDdb TIL the Word "Piano" is a Shortened form of "Pianoforte"
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