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

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negGB TIL that for every child born or adopted in Wales, the Welsh government will plant a native Welsh broadleaf tree. The scheme is called Plant! – the Welsh word for children.
5VPAQ TIL, that a 1-second-long, 1-watt sound wave in water, weighs about 0.1 milligrams. The weight of sound waves is created by it's interactions with gravity.
WnGY TIL the cameraman who videotaped The Station nightclub fire was there to film a planned segment on nightclub safety
J1QjQ TIL that on Valentine's Day, a group of embittered singles in Shanghai bought up all the odd-numbered seats in the theater, forcing couples to sit apart.
E1wlV TIL a newspaper in Nuremberg in 1561 described an April 14 one-hour-long dawn battle between red and black balls and rods and crosses in the sky.