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TIL California comes from the Arabic word Caliph, named after a fictional island in a Spanish novel that was ruled by a black Arabic woman.

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b95Vj TIL about the Devil's Chair, a graveside bench in the cemetery in Cassadaga, Florida. According to local legend, an unopened beer left on the chair will be empty by morning. The Devil is sometimes said to appear to anyone bold enough to sit in the chair.
EP6w TIL J.D. Salinger saw more combat in World War II than almost any other American. He fought on D-Day (Utah Beach), in the Battle of the Bulge, the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, and was one of the first Americans to enter a liberated concentration camp at Dachau.
XL4D TIL Marijuana is completely legal in North Korea as it is not considered a drug
9wZ07 TIL Grand Island and Navy Island, near Niagara Falls was a proposed location for the UN headquarters
5YBnk TIL Scottish Musician Les Harvey of the band Stone the Crows was electrocuted in front of a live audience in 1972 when he touched an un-grounded microphone cable and his guitar at the same time.