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TIL when the UK withdraws from Afghanistan later this year it will be the first time the country has not been at war for a hundred years

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9wJ1r TIL that in his 1905 Annual Address to Congress, President Theodore Roosevelt recommended that the then territories of New Mexico and Arizona be admitted as one single state. He explained that the territorial borders were just "matters of convenience" and should not be legally binding on admission.
Wkl6B TIL that there were two versions of the horror movie Dracula (1931) filmed at the same time. An English version (the Bela Lugosi classic) was filmed during the day and at night, a different set of actors filmed a Spanish version using the exact the same sets.
d87VQ TIL that Sylvester Stallone holds the record for the most Raspberry awards nominations with a whopping 14 nominations for worst actor and a further 3 for worst supporting actor beating Nicolas cage and Kevin Costner This is the same actor who acted in best picture winning Rocky as well as Rambo.
78MRZ TIL Bulgaria has a research base in Antarctica.
wrwW TIL: There are an estimated 70 sextillion stars in the known universe (70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)