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TIL that, in 1955, Pennsylvania set a goal of having a state park within 25 miles of every citizen.

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XE1Y6 TIL Texas is the only state with it's own power grid, the Texas Interconnected System, which is therefore not subject to federal interstate regulations
16p87 TIL on 1924, for the Olympic Games, BRitish athlete Eric Liddell refused to run the 100 metres since it was set on Sunday, instead choosing to run the 400 metres
W7dVX TIL an Australian couple bought their neighbors home with the intention of fixing it up and sell for a profit for their retirement. However they couldn't because the paperwork drafted over a century ago, when the lots were first registered, states that their new house is built on a different lot.
wW8W TIL Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Retired From the Supreme Court to Take Care of Her Husband With Alzheimer’s. Shortly After Forgetting His Family, He Fell in Love With Another Woman at the Nursing Home. Instead of Sad, O'Connor was “thrilled,” He Was No Longer Spending His Days in Depression.
ky4g TIL all figs are pollinated by wasps as they are basically inverted flowers and can’t be pollinated otherwise. If it’s a female plant the wasp can’t escape and the fig plant slowly digests the wasp’s body with enzymes. So all edible figs have a digested wasp in them.