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TIL the US National Anthem has a 5th verse which talks about a foe from within, and was added during the time of the Civil War to give hope for the future of the nation.

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OGkrR TIL about Kristina Ozturk who has 22 children and is only 26. 21 of the children were born by surrogacy, with her husband who is 32 years older than her, and is also in jail.
7X4O TIL: There is a mountain in Australia named Mount Disappointment because the view from the top disappointed British explorers.
KYoGa TIL a six-year-old named Elaine Esposito went to the hospital for a routine appendectomy. She went under general anesthetic and never came out. Dubbed "The Sleeping Beauty" Esposito stayed in a coma for 37 years and 111 days before succumbing in 1978. The longest-ever coma.
oBp7Y TIL about the M-29 Davy Crockett a tactical nuclear recoilless gun
woYJW TIL that the city of Pesqueria, Mexico has a significant Korean diaspora. Approximately 6,000 of the 147,000 residents, or 4% of the total population, came from South Korea after a KIA manufacturing plant opened there.