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TIL there are more Norwegians in America than there are in Norway.

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vrZ8 TIL Japan has a desert that is approximately 30 square kilometers and attracts up to 2 million visitors annually
4Eja TIL in the graveyard scene in the movie Zoolander, Ben Stiller forgot his line after David Duchovny’s long response to the question “Why male models?” and instead, just repeated the question
n0Wo TIL Before Kelly Johnson designed the SR-71, he designed the first twin engine American fighter, the P-38 Lightning. Despite starting off with a terrible record, it ended up being used on all sorts of special missions, including bouncing a 500lb bomb through the front door of German Headquarters.
4kalg TIL Maryland's state motto is in Italian. Fatti maschii, parole femine. It literally translates as "Deeds are males, words are females", but the official translation is "Manly deeds, womanly words." In 2017, the State legislature established it to mean "Strong deeds, gentle words."
AXed TIL due to its popularity with Muslims, until 1600 church leaders were calling coffee “the bitter invention of Satan”. Upon tasting coffee Pope Clement VIII declared, “This devil’s drink is so delicious…we should cheat the devil by baptizing it.”