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TIL Stars are so foreign to people living in Los Angeles that when the 1994 earthquake knocked out power they called local officials to question them about the strange thing in the sky, it was the Milky Way.

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16lVD TIL more than 40 percent of the USA's roads are in poor or mediocre condition. The assessment of bridges, airports and water infrastructure is similar.
JDg8 TIL McDonalds stopped using Heinz ketchup in their restaurants after the former head of Burger King took over as chief executive at Heinz
9wlwp TIL that 176 is not only an even number, but an abundant, odious, self, semipefect, practical, cake, happy, pentagonal and octagonal number
mZo TIL there is a dog suicide bridge in Scotland
5V1Jp TIL that Mila Kunis, is an avid player of the online game 'World of Warcraft.' She once revealed in interviews that she would play anonymously, fully immersing herself in the game without other players knowing they were teaming up with a hollywood actress.