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Today I learned That FES from that 70;s show ( Fez) stands for Foreign Exchange Student, and isnt his name, as his friends say its unpronounceable.

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OooPY TIL that Wyoming has more Electoral votes (3) than it has pairs of escalators.
WkZpX TIL of the Cannonball Run Challenge, an "unsanctioned" speed race from New York City to Los Angeles. Participants regularly average over 100 mph (160 km/h) during the race and the current record time is 26.5 hours, set in April 2020.
Y9Kv TIL Same Sex Unions were performed in christian churches as early as 512 AD throughout Europe and the middle east.
9nDM TIL in 1987 Jamie Lee Curtis invented a diaper with a moisture proof pocket for wipes, but would not let her invention be marketed until companies sold biodegradable diapers.
LQN9P TIL that most states in the USA have an official state fossil, for example the Stegosaurus stenops for Colorado.