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TIL that Wyoming has more Electoral votes (3) than it has pairs of escalators.

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axgA TIL 46% of the top 50 publicly traded firms in the UK have a British parliamentarian either as a director or a shareholder. That is more than in any other country, including Italy.
VMJ8G TIL of a traffic light in United States that is deliberately upside down - In 1920's the Irish community at Tipperary Hill, Syracuse didn't like that the "British" red appeared above the "Irish" green on the light and kept vandalizing it until New York State was convinced to keep it green over red.
awl0M TIL J. Paul Austin, CEO of Coca Cola threatened in 1964 to move his company's headquarters out of Atlanta if the city did not hold a celebration honoring MLK receiving the Nobel Prize.
Wkjl4 TIL of Jennifer Strange, who died after drinking nearly 7.6 litres (2 gallons) of water over 3 hours for a "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" radio contest.
ADw8n TIL: The conspiracy theory surrounding the Titanic sinking is totally unfounded.