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TIL Wells Fargo Bank is a citizen of South Dakota

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5VON8 TIL the small city of Coalinga, California got its name due to steam trains. The town used to be known as "Coaling Station A," where trains would stop to pick up coal. Eventually the name became shortened to "Coaling A" and then "Coalinga."
An4n TIL that blue whales can weigh as much as 300,000 lbs; with their tongue weighing as much as an elephant and their hearts weighing as much as a car.
yxAJ TIL scientists in California created eye drops that enable night vision up to 50 meters using a molecule found in deep sea fish
lDkK TIL Bill Gates donates more towards world health each year than the UN’s World Health Organisation (WHO)
MpOB TIL when Monty Python started uploading their comedy skits to YouTube so they could be watched legally for free, their DVD sales went up by 16,000%