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TIL that President Bill Clinton said he would personally pay the bill to keep the National Christmas Tree lit during the government shutdown resulting from disagreements on the 1996 federal budget

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KOmEE TIL of Omphalophobia, or the fear of belly buttons.
Brw7k TIL that Aladdin is set in China.
na7 TIL if you divide the earth into 360 degrees and divide those into 60 minutes each that’s how far a nautical mile is.
AmWn TIL 24% of all laws passed by the 110th congress were for renaming post offices.
rNnyM TIL Japan railway platforms saw a 84 percent decrease in suicides at stations after they installed blue lights.