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TIL that there are hundreds of people who suffer depression (and even suicidal thoughts), because Avatar (the movie) isn’t real and they can never go to Pandora.

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1PYX TIL human twins can have 2 different fathers, but the same mother. This is called bi-paternal twins.
Golg TIL The Massachusetts Language, once spoken by several Algonquin tribes, went extinct in the 1800s. However several documents survived such as Bibles, treaties, and sales papers. In 1993 the Wampanoag tribe started teaching classes and now there are over 400 secondary and 4 native speakers.
7xxL TIL that when North and South Dakota were admitted to the US, President Harrison asked the Secretary of State to shuffle the documents so no one would know which was admitted first
jNm4Q TIL the longest held copyright in the US is a diary written by John Adam in 1753 that remains protected until 2053.