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TIL that Alaska is the easternmost state in the United States, as a part of the Aleutian Islands is technically in the eastern hemisphere

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PYVmE TIL that 2 donkeys that have been together for 10 years at a zoo in Poland were separated after a local politician and parents complained about them mating in front of children. Experts weighted in and a petition to rejoin them got 7,000 signatures so the zoo put them back together.
pJkZ TIL When Quincy Jones called to ask Eddie Van Halen to do the guitar solo on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”, Van Halen thought it was a prank call and called Jones an asshole before hanging up on him.
vyyx TIL that because Iceland does not have an Air Force it relies on its allies to provide protection. Currently Canada is providing air protection for Iceland
16EoV TIL 7-Eleven trademarked the term “brain-freeze”
am1b TIL while Paul Revere had a famous 15 mile ride to alert the colonists of the British invasion, Israel Bissel rode 345miles starting that same night warning every town from Boston to New York to Philadelphia that the war had begun.