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TIL that due to various laws that prevent any sex offender from living close to children an entire town was built exclusively for offenders in Florida.

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neAgB TIL that the reason why there are virtually only two words for "tea" around the world ("tea" and "cha") is related to how tee is transported to the corners of the world: areas where tea is traded on land calls it "cha", where it is shipped by sea calls it "tea".
R5D4 TIL Being a Star Trek fan can get you a $500 college scholarship from an organization called Starfleet.
MeenK TIL that the fungus that turns ants into zombies and eventually sprouts out of them, doesn't control their brain. It's actually builds fabric around their muscles and controls them, leaving the brain healthy and in tact, up until to the moment of death
a8N9Z TIL there's a music piece called "As Slow as Possible" that has a duration of 639 years. It can take years for a single note to be played.
OGjxR TIL about Omayra Sánchez a 13 years old girl, trapped by a landslide for 60 hours, whose final moments were broadcast to the world