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TIL: Author Colin Woodward wrote that America is not one country, but 11 different countries based on sociological presence. Miami isn’t even part of the US.

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9b7X TIL a day on planet Venus lasts longer than a Venusian year
JYLGQ TIL that the average person meets around 11 murderers in their life.
5N7p TIL that Patrick Stewart’s son, Daniel, plays Picard’s son in The Inner Light, in his alternative life on Kataan.
4X585 TIL The Royal Clipper is a cruise ship that is built on the lines of the Preussen – a five mast sail ship that was built in the year 1902. At present, the Royal Clipper is regarded to be the world’s largest sailing ship with five masts that are rigged fully.
0Q0M TIL Paul McCartney once spent 10 days in jail in Japan after he smuggled half a pound of weed into the country. He said it was “the daftest thing” he’d ever done, but the weed was too good to flush.