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TIL Mexico is officially called the United Mexican States.

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jkgp TIL that The Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp acts like the medic of any saltwater aquarium. Many fish value its services so highly that they even allow the Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp to clean inside of their mouths without harming the shrimp.
BxxD TIL former Scretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was missing for about 25 minutes on the morning of 9/11. He was in the parking lot of the Pentagon helping to carry away survivors on stretchers
Lg9 TIL the FBI spent 30 months investigating the song Louie, Louie because the lyrics were thought to be dirty. Agents listened to the record at different speeds, interviewed band members, and even researched analyses made by teenagers who claimed to know the song’s “true meaning.”
jGmN TIL that a man having a seizure on subway tracks was rescued by a stranger. The rescuer jumped down onto the man and compressed him down by laying on him as five cars passed over him.
dDWE9 TIL about a German housing Project where the rent is 88Cents a year and 3 Prayers a day