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TIL That the North Pole doesn't have any landmasses. It's only ice floating on water.

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6987J TIL that on February 25th 1919, Oregon became the first state in the United States to implement a gas tax of 1 penny per gallon to fund road construction and maintenance.
Qbgp TIL American women started shaving their armpits in 1915 because of advertisements in Harper’s Bazaar fashion magazine encouraging them to.
GR4 TIL Plato’s real name was Aristocles, ‘Plato’ was a nickname (roughly 'the broad’) derived from the width of his shoulders.
5yrP TIL The US and New Zealand are the only two countries that allow pharmaceutical commercials on TV.
QgZk TIL that in every single scene of every episode of Trailer Park Boys, with the exception of the prison scenes, Julian is holding a glass of rum and coke. Even the scenes involving fights and shoot outs.