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TIL that Ft. Lauderdale and Palm Beach have a "tropical rainforest" climate, as opposed to much of Miami, which only has a "tropical monsoon" climate

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Wb9L TIL that when General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (considered the only undefeated German General during WWI) was offered by Hitler to become the German Ambassador to Great Britain in 1935, General Lettow-Vorbeck to Hitler “to go fuck himself.”
R5WvQ TIL that the colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard is a king penguin named Nils Olav III
x6e6b TIL the Library of Congress has a “free to use and reuse” section featuring millions of photos, books, films, and sound recordings that are either in the public domain, have no known copyright, or have been cleared by the copyright owner for public use.
4kkJN TIL there were electric cab companies in the 19th century.
m1xno TIL The only casualties from the Pork & Beans War of 1838 between the USA and UK were as a result of bear attacks on 2 Canadian militiamen