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TIL the state of Alaska has over 3 million natural lakes.

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6lx8 TIL- An 18 year old model threatened to leak a selfie of her and NHL superstar Jaromir Jagr in bed together if he didn’t pay her $2000 usd. His response- I don’t care.
6EPkJ TIL AIDS was originally called GRID or "Gay Related Immune Deficiency". In the early days of the disease it was also known as "Gay Cancer"
wp17 TIL New York tried to outlaw leaded gasoline back in the early 1920’s - before it was commonplace. However, the Federal Government sided with Big Oil, overruling the state’s decision.
GAQ97 TIL the 1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation was the largest escape of a group of slaves to occur in the Cherokee Nation, in what was then Indian Territory.
D1RAp TIL in the months before his sudden death, former Mythbuster Grant Imahara built a fully animatronic Baby Yoda. Having spent 3 months of his personal time designing, programming, and 3D printing the project, he intended to bring it to hospitals to cheer up sick children.