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TIL of Pheasant Island in the Bidasoa River on the French-Spanish border. For over 350 years, the island has spent 6 months being a part of Spain and 6 months being a part of France.

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xRo5 TIL Michael Crichton, the screenwriter of Jurassic Park, had a novel (Disclosure) and a television show (ER) reach U.S. number one at the same time the film did in 1994. He is the only person to achieve these hits simultaneously.
PYDbn TIL: The word “avocado” comes from the Aztec word for “testicle”. Likely due to the shape and the way they grow in pairs.
Z6ZY TIL one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s apprentices designed a building that was declared historic only twenty years after it was built: Thorncrown Chapel in Arkansas.
XEenj TIL Fire hydrants are color coded for how many gallons of water per minute they can put out
VMBxk TIL that in 2013, Star Wars was dubbed in Navajo, making it the first major film to be dubbed in a Native American language