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TIL the official name of Mexico is the United Mexican States.

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GYYyg TIL there is a small titanium vault inside of Mount Rushmore describing the origins of the monument and some history on the United States
0wpAj TIL That there are "moist" counties--counties where alcohol is sold in some places [eg. restaurants] but not others [eg. no liquor stores]. In Kentucky the term "moist" is a legal definition.
E1nZV TIL that for Fatboy Slim to clear all the audio samples in his 1998 hit single The Rockafeller Skank (aka Funk Soul Brother), he had to give away 100% of the track's royalties
woPME TIL Eddie Van Halen agreed to play the Guitar Solo for Michael Jackson's Beat It under 2 conditions. That he not get credit and that he wouldn't tell his band.
r7Xw TIL that a German art student illuminated and bound the entire Silmarillion by hand like a 21st-century monastic scribe as his final project.