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TIL Bangkok's full name has 163 Letters

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B4Py TIL Martin Van Buren (b. 1782) was the first president born a US citizen
DQnve TIL how “Seven Nation Army” became a sports anthem and one of the world’s most recognizable songs
WJko TIL Issac Asimov coined the term “robotics” without knowing it. He assumed it was already a term.
ODdR TIL since its introduction in 1998 and extensive combat use, the only thing that’s ever destroyed the British Challenger 2 was another Challenger 2.
xVJv0 TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is due to strong hydrogen bonding that draws the different molecules close together, and because ethanol interferes with any open structures in the water, causing the molecules to pack closer together.