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Today I learned the Cornus Florida is the state tree for Virginia and Missouri, but not Florida.

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gJAb TIL that China has a limit of 34 Hollywood movies imported per year. This is why movie directors try to protagonise China in their movies to try and get their movie into one of the 34 (eg The Martian where China helps NASA).
8aJAV TIL that starting this May, the Netherlands will no longer refer to itself as "Holland" in international events, seeking to draw tourists to lesser-visited areas as well as to deemphasize drug use and prostitution.
ADpY4 TIL Humpty Dumpty is not explicitly described as an egg and is theorized to be a metaphor for King Richard II, or a Cannon
R7PKQ TIL Lambskin condoms are actually made from Lamb Intestine, are one of the oldest form of condom, and do not protect against many STIs including HIV.
wkVM TIL it is estimated that at any given time, 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk. That means about 50 million people are drunk right now.