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TIL that only THREE books have survived from the Maya Civilisation pre-European contact.

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R7E5j TIL that New Mexico was the original Sunshine State, unofficially using the slogan prior to statehood in 1912 and eventually adding it to their state license plates in 1932. However, they never made anything official, and Florida managed to adopt an official resolution and steal the slogan in 1970.
mQVx TIL that there is an island that will give you free land if you want to immigrate to.
G9E5 TIL that Teddy Roosevelt believed that American currency shouldn’t carry the motto “In God We Trust.”
8aM14 TIL that a $372 million dollar nuclear fusion facility in USA, using one of the most advanced and powerful magnetic mirrors at the time, was closed just a day after being constructed due to budget cuts and sat unused for a year before being formally cancelled.
XEEQR TIL that just before ejaculation sperm travels thru a tube called the vas deferens and picks up a sugary substance that acts a bit like rocket fuel.