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TIL Idaho has a port to the Pacific Ocean, even though the state is landlocked.

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Obge TIL that unlike Newton’s formulation that states gravity is instantaneous, it actually travels at the speed of light. If the sun were to instantly disappear, we would continue revolve around it for eight minutes.
kEam TIL James Stewart is the highest-ranking actor in military history (Brigadier General). He was World War II and Vietnam War Veteran and Licensed Commercial Pilot. In 1996, he was due to have the battery in his pacemaker changed, but opted not to, preferring to let things happen naturally.
70dx TIL the song “Ol’ Man River” changed a lyric from “Niggers” to “Darkies” to “Colored Folk” to “We all” over the course of 20 years starting in 1927.
xVoy5 TIL in california, for certain offenses, the judge can order the PARENTS of the accused to take MANDATORY classes to become better parents, punishable by a charge of contempt
e0K9D TIL When a sloth's body temperature drops too low the bacteria in its gut that helps digest food stops working and it will starve to death even on a full stomach.