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TIL all of Maine utilizes one area code, except for only four residents in a tiny hamlet on the border of Quebec.

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9YxVX TIL that during the Mexican-American War, General Santa Anna's prosthetic leg was stolen during an ambush by the Illinois 4th Infantry. He was able to get a replacement leg, which was also stolen by the 4th Infantry. Both legs are still on display in Illinois.
Oo7gX TIL slow TV, very long coverage of mundane, ordinary events, is huge in Norway. The national broadcaster NRK has regularly shown programmes such as a 376 hr boat voyage, 60 hrs of choirs singing, and 12 hrs of knitting. Shorter shows include a lecture on Norway's past 200 years in 200 minutes.
E1vr7 TIL Newspaper cleans windows better than microfiber rags and paper towels!
Y8eG TIL The Greek language has 4 words for love. Agápe: Charitable love; Éros: Sexual love; Philia: Love between friends; and Storge: Family love
9wdx7 TIL in 2022 a bar-tailed godwit flew 8,430 miles (13,560 km) non-stop from Alaska to Tasmania in 11 days and 1 hour, setting a new world record for a bird non-stop fly time.