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TIL the country we refer to as ‘Mexico’ is actually called the 'United Mexican States’.

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165eD TIL that the great-grandson of Benito Mussolini, Romano Mussolini, is a professional footballer, who's now playing for first-division Italian club Lazio
grlwy TIL Andrew Johnson was drunk when he made his inaugural address as Vice President of the US on March 4, 1865. Multiple sources say he was drunk for at least a week prior, he drank heavily the night before, and drank either three glasses of whisky or one glass of brandy the morning of the ceremony.
4XKmo TIL that as the chair of the RNC, George HW Bush asked Richard Nixon to resign.
mxvME TIL about the residents of a neighborhood complaining of mysterious ailments from a new cell phone tower. During a meeting the owner revealed that the tower had been off for over a month. Residents didn't show up to the followup meeting
wMd8 TIL that in chess is possible to checkmate in only two moves (Fool’s mate)