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TIL There is no generally accepted term to describe what Northern Ireland is: province, region, country or "something else".

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epEdn TIL Redheads in Australia are often nicknamed "Blueys".
R7JMa TIL there is a color coded weather beacon atop the Gulf Tower, one glance at night will tell you wind speeds, temps, humidity, etc.
69nyW TIL That the chair that Abraham Lincoln was setting on at the time of his assassination is displayed at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. He acquired it from the widow of the Ford's Theater manager in 1929.
KG8E TIL: NASA Deleted the first line of their mission statement in 2006……“to understand and protect our home planet”
rVyo TIL of Gerald Fit Mason, who was caught and convicted in 2003 for the 1957 murder of two police officers. He was identified by the the scar left by a bullet fired by one of his dying victims.