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TIL Mexico is officially called the United Mexican States.
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TIL of Roy Sullivan; a man who was struck by lightning 7 times throughout his life and died at the age of 71 by a self inflicted gunshot wound (rumoured to be the cause of an unrequited love)
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TIL that yesterday was Napoleon Bonaparte’s Birthday
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TIL 9/11 responders are dying from inhalation of ground zero waste, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will not let the Zadroga Act pass.
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TIL that lacking access to saltwater or salt deposits, the remote Apatani tribe of Northeast India have made use of a homemade salt substitute called tapyo, It is made from shrubs and ash.
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TIL Sid Vicious (the wrestler) took his stage name from Sid Vicious (Sex Pistols) who was given his nickname from a hamster who was named after Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) who took his name from Sid Barrett (jazz musician)