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TIL Mexico has a state called the State of Mexico whose official name is just Mexico

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LQbBZ TIL the steam engine, the wind turbine, and the vending machine were invented 2000 years ago by a Greek engineer named Hero
1a8DD TIL During WWII the United Kingdom removed all roadsigns in hopes that if the Nazis mounted a ground invasion they would get lost and have trouble navigating
5pZR TIL When Tupac first started rapping, he was attending the Baltimore School for the Arts, where he studied theater, ballet, and other forms of art. He loved his classes and would have graduated if he hadn’t been evicted due to his mom being a member of the Black Panther Party.
dLEK TIL that doctors’ sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually
78gxL TIL of Jacco Macacco, a ~5kg ape of unknown species, who, after attacking his sailor-mates over some milk, went on to become Britain's most famous pit-fighting monkey, defeating 14 dogs in a row. His gory death, in his fight with the famous bitch Puss, led MPs introduce animal cruelty legislation