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TIL 40% of Americans never moved away from the town they were born in.

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R5Wp7 TIL the script used in the Coca-Cola logo is known as the Spencerian script, a popular style of handwriting in the United States in the late 19th century.
WPmY TIL that the majority of nations hold their elections on either Saturday or Sunday. The US, UK and Canada are part of the minority of nations that traditionally hold elections on a weekday.
Vg0Z TIL The Japanese have been into monster trading card games since the Edo Period (starting in 1603)
oKDR TIL that president Lyndon Johnson had an amphibious car and used it to scare people by driving them into a lake screaming about brake failure
R5dl7 TIL in Taiwan, recipes are also free tickets for a lottery drawing held by the government every 2 months. The grand prize is NT$10 million (over 300,000 USD).