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TIL there are three towns with exclamation points in their official names: Westward Ho! in the UK, Hamilton! in Ohio, and my personal favorite, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! in Quebec.

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ro9e TIL There was once a hybrid people who greatly resembled the culture and people of Skellige from the Witcher 3. They were called the Norse-Gaels and they were “Celtic Vikings” from Gaelic Ireland and Scotland who exhibited Norse-Gaelic cultural Syncretism
mxGyv TIL that two billion years ago, there were 17 stable nuclear reactors underneath central Africa
aDyb TIL a tourist from the town of Dull, Scotland visited the town of Boring, OR and proposed that two villages become sister cities.
1aLW TIL A Man once took his wife to court for being ugly and won $120,000
M7ywW TIL that Miss World (GBR) and Miss Universe (USA) fight against humanitarian crises, Miss International (JPN) fights for feminism and inner strength, Miss Earth (PHL) fights for environmental and climate protection.