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TIL Maryland's state song is just a rip off of "Oh Christmas Tree"

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oB5pL TIL of a Squonk: A mythical animal in American folklore. It believes that it's so ugly, it will avoid all other life. It spends most of its time weeping.
6EryJ TIL: The top 10% of American drinkers consume nearly 60% of all alcohol sold - averaging 74 drinks per week.
ne9D7 TIL that a 25 year old Kenyan man invented smart gloves that can convert sign language movements into speech.
5WLP TIL in AD 1378 an iconoclastic Sufi Muslim chiseled off the nose of the Great Sphinx of Giza after noticing that area farmers worshiped the monument in hopes of reaping a good harvest. He was subsequently lynched by the angry locals for vandalism.
d8AKK TIL of Laika, the first dog to go into space. The satellite that transported Laika was never intended to return, and Laika died within hours of leaving Earth. The space mission sparked a debate across the globe on the mistreatment of animals and animal testing for scientific causes.