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TIL Even though North and South America are physically attached, there is no road that connects the two continents.

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VM7d8 TIL that Waterloo, New York is considered the birthplace of the American holiday Memorial Day. It was first celebrated on May 5, 1866 with local business closing and residents decorating the graves of soldiers.
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p4pN TIL that royalty use ‘We’ to refer to themselves as a way of showing that they speak on behalf of themselves and the nation. In past times this was also used to indicate that they spoke on behalf of God.
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