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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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oBREL TIL that McDonald's is called Macca's in Australia. The nickname became so popular, they've registered it and in 2013 they even changed the signage.
m11aY TIL strippers don't spin around the pole, the poles actually spin instead (most of the time).
OoZYe TIL Laszlo Polgar is a Hungarian chess teacher, who believes that "geniuses are made, not born”. So he home-schooled all 3 daughters with his own teaching style, and one of them - Judit now is widely considered to be the greatest female chess player ever
Mewxb TIL that Idi Amin, before becoming dictator of Uganda, was a prominent rugby player.
6jvQ TIL that The U.S.gave up its high-energy physics project in Texas after Congress had yanked funding — after building 15 miles of underground tunnels at a $2 billion cost to the U.S. taxpayers.