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

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yV0jl TIL of "Monsun Gruppe". A WW2 German submarine force operating in the Pacific and Indian ocean. It was the only theatre of war where German and Japanese forces fought together.
5YPkD TIL of Pope Benedict IX,who was Pope on three separate occasions.He bribed his first election at the age of 20,then was forced out. He then forced his successor to step down and sold the papacy to his godfather,Pope Gregory VI some months later.Benedict subsequently had second thoughts and returned.
Z8j0v TIL: That the United States National Anthem uses the melody of an 18th century British gentlemen's club song mentioning the Greek gods, getting drunk, and having sex.
KYlGE TIL that the reason we are seeing bigger cars in the US, is because the government made a formula that incentivizes manufacturers to build bigger cars
xRDo TIL During the Korean War, A battalion of 200 U.S. troops, thought to de dead, emerged from behind enemies lines, led to safety by a 10 yr old South Korean boy. The boy was installed as unit mascot.