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TIL that Monaco is the most densely populated nation and city-state in the world.

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4X9aa TIL that the Hasty Pudding Theatricals is a theatrical student society at Harvard University, known for its burlesque crossdressing musicals. Alumni include Teddy Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, John Quincy Adams, Joshua Max Brener (Bighead on the Silicon Valley TV show), and Ted Kennedy, among others.
D1Vdg TIL in 1997, Texas commissioners tried to designate “heaven-o” as their county’s official greeting. The reason, “hello” contains “hell”.
oBJmA TIL There are penguins that participate in prostitution. They perform sexual acts in exchange for pebbles. However, sometimes they will bait the male into thinking they’ll have sex, but then just run off with the pebble.
ANxdd TIL The Walter Knott Built a Brick-by-Brick Replica of Independence Hall - in Buena Park, CA at Knott’s Berry Farm
AN9aB TIL Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, or giant padma, is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth, over 3 feet in diameter. It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh.