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TIL that Kansas is flatter than a pancake

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W7pod TIL Nicolas Cage once searched England and the United States looking for the Holy Grail.
Z87DB TIL that electric cars are so quiet, they’re required by law to produce artificial noise that mimics conventional engines to avoid pedestrians from getting hurt.
v1VgK TIL eating the liver of a polar animal (especially polar bears) will kill you due to a vitamine A overdose.
xVPJ5 TIL that while filming "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", actor Oscar Isaac specifically requested that his character Poe Dameron be a native of the planet Yavin 4. This is because the scenes on Yavin 4 in the original trilogy were filmed in Guatemala, where Isaac is actually from.
nOeb TIL of the New Guinea “Singing Dog” - considered the rarest dog breed, discovered in the 1950s. Only a few hundred exist, and in zoos/homes they are wonderfully tame around people, and not only do they sing but they also climb trees.