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0w6KR TIL Kansas City, Missouri was founded in 1853, and twenty years later, Kansas City, Kansas copied the name. What both have in common is the barbecue
lo461 TIL that overzealous organ-donation companies removing body parts before an autopsy have made multiple causes of death have become impossible to determine
8aZBV TIL at an Alabamian church in 1902 someone yelled "there's a fight!" The congregation instead heard the word "fire" and began to attempt to escape. In the ensuing stampede 115 people were killed.
78bAL TIL that the U.S. planned to build the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Superconducting Super Collider, in Texas. It was meant to surpass CERN’s LHC but was canceled in 1993 after about $2 billion were spent.
enj4 TIL Canada has the highest Cannabis use in the world.