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TIL that the nation of Tuvalu's Top Level Domain is .tv, and is it's #1 export.

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OdO4 TIL - 2000 was the first year Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all 50 states
VXwD TIL that the word “jazz” is a derivative of the west african word “jasm/jism” which means semen, also where the word “jizz” comes from
7rXDO TIL that the first ever Australian gold medalist at Olympic Winter Games won because his four rivals all collided and he skated alone past the finish line. He named his autobiography „Last Man Standing“.
X0Z78 TIL 'Changes' is a cover
RP6Q TIL that the gene that was bred into tomatoes by commercial farmers to give them a uniform color had the unintended result of preventing internal sugar reactions that give tomatoes flavor. This mutation (and lack of flavor) has been bred into almost all commercial American tomatoes.