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TIL that the Pacific island of Guadalcanal and the Mexican city of Guadalajara have the same origin - the originally Arabic word wādī meaning valley.

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wLnKM TIL two men dressed as Batman and Captain America were teaching kids at an event when they noticed a nearby home on fire. They ran to the house, rushed inside, and rescued a cat that had inhaled smoke. "Batman" gave the cat mouth-to-mouth breaths until it recovered, then it hissed and "freaked out."
GYgmJ TIL that Marjory Stoneman Douglas fought against efforts to drain the FL Everglades and reclaim land for development when she was 79 years old. Her tireless efforts earned her several variations of the nickname "Grande Dame of the Everglades.” She also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
41mb TIL in 2012, inmates working in a Vermont prison print shop altered the official Vermont Police Crest to include the hidden image of a pig. The altered decals adorned 30 police cruisers for a year before anybody noticed.
b9XZ TIL that generally, income per capita increases with absolute latitude. This is called the Equatorial Paradox
rOb1 TIL that in 1880, the state of Delaware’s age of consent was 7