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TIL El Paso is closer to San Diego (636 mi) than it is to Houston (677 mi).

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9VWG TIL that the last duel in Canada was between two men who were so terrified of dueling, one fainted and the other was seized by horror. The guns were also loaded with blanks
R7G0l TIL that Queen Elizabeth is both the 4th longest-reigning monarch and the 21st longest-reigning monarch in world history -- having ruled the commonwealth for 69 years, but of Jamaica for only the 58 since its independence
YpLPr TIL loofah sponges come from a gourd and not the ocean.
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QNZvX TIL about the 1998 Cavalese cable car crash. 20 people in a cable car were killed by US pilots flying too low. They were found not guilty, but later dismissed for having destroyed evidence.