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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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mKnY TIL when American troops were asking ‘American’ trivial questions to flush out German infiltrators in WWII, that American brigadier general Bruce Clarke was held at gunpoint for five hours after he said the Chicago Cubs were in the American League
MeR47 TIL: The reason wedding rings are worn on the third finger is because in ancient Rome, it was believed that the vein in the third finger went straight to the heart.
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