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TIL: Washington State actually has the second largest population in the Western United States

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jNZyp TIL the former columns of the U.S. Capitol building still stand, now in the U.S. Arboretum in NE D.C.
d8a0d TIL in 49 of 50 states in the US, inmates are billed for being incarcerated after they're released.
b6BQ9 TIL before Fred Rogers passed away on the morning of February 27, 2003. His wife was present to comfort him as he was dying. His last words was "Do you think I'm a sheep?" (referring to Matthew 25). After passing away, Joanne reassured him by saying "Fred, if ever there was a sheep, you're one."
R7GE9 TIL that, right now, 9 languages a year, or one every 40 days, goes extinct and soon we will be losing our linguistic heritage at the rate of 26 languages each year—one every two weeks.
18ZD TIL The United States in 1964 and again in 1966 conducted nuclear tests - in Mississippi.