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TIL out of 885 Army recruting stations across the United States, the most productive one is in American Samoa.

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4k9Mb TIL the largest man-made beach is 26 miles long.
D1xNj TIL a man had a heart attack at a grocery store in rural Minnesota, 20 people lined up and performed CPR on him for over an hour and a half until paramedics arrived and he survived.
4k8Pg TIL About Aralez, dog-like spirits from Armenian mythology that capable of healing wounds and reviving the dead.
OmJ7 TIL Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings due to “family obligations.” Thank you, Nicolas Cage.