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TIL Alabama has one of the most diverse ecosystems in North America, and is known as “America’s Amazon”.

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lJkV TIL That Dog the Bounty Hunter bailed Nicolas Cage out of jail in 2011.
5YY0B TIL that following his development of the icepick lobotomy, Dr. Walter Freeman began traveling across the country visiting mental institutions in his personal van, which he called the "lobotomobile".
dJ17 TIL the Post Office Tower, then the tallest building in London, despite being open to the public and having a restaurant at the top of it, was an “Official Secret” and consequently not marked on any maps.
9YJ6M TIL During the Black Death, incoming ships were forced to wait for 40 days to prevent possible infection. The Italian word for 40, "quaranta", is where we get the word "quarantine".
nwjG TIL a Harvard business school professor in Boston threatened to sue a Chinese restaurant, because the prices on their website were out of date. He was over charged a total of $4.