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TIL Alaska is the most Northern, Western and Eastern American state.

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4jM6 TIL Due to its frequent name changes it’s entirely possible a Russian was born in St. Petersburg, went to school in Petrograd, got married in Leningrad and died in St. Petersburg without ever having moved.
jNDQj TIL Herman Hollerith's invention, the punched card tabulating machine, patented in 1884, marks the beginning of the era of mechanized binary code and semiautomatic data processing systems, and his concepts dominated high-tech for nearly a century. His inventions led to the creation of IBM in 1924.
kJPd TIL Battle of Longewala in 1972, a company of just 120 Indian soldiers defeated a 2000 strong force of Pakistani Army backed by 50 tanks. Only 2 Indian soldiers died while Pakistan lost 200 soldiers, 36 tanks and close to 100 Vehicles.
Mex5a TIL that a study was done which swapped South-African and American diets for a period and it was noticed that Americans ate two to three times the amount of meat and animal fat than the South-Africans. The South-African diet is high in fiber and has reduced risk for colon cancer.
Ooj5a TIL chimpanzees are about four times as strong as humans.