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TIL the son of film composer John Williams is a lead singer for the band Toto

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6EVBQ TIL that, due to Catholic doctrine that discovered territory be placed under the diocese from which the explorers departed, the Diocese of Orlando technically includes the entire Moon.
ojyR TIL of the “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum”, a sixteenth century medieval atlas with artistic hand drawn eyewitness maps of major world cities. Organized and compiled in the year 1570, it utilized the talent and works of several cartographers. The first traditional “world atlas”, it contains 53 maps.
WLL4 TIL that, prior to the American Civil War, most citizens of the United States referred to their country in plural (“The United States are wealthy”, “The United States have a large population”)
D1Mv TIL the dolphin who played Flipper committed suicide and there are other cases of captive dolphins doing the same.
x67bk TIL That a "census-designated place" called "Rough and Ready" (named after Zachary Taylor) in Nevada County, California declared secession from the United States in 1850 (During the California Gold Rush) to avoid mining taxes. It voted to rejoin the union 3 months later on July 4th.