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

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vGeB TIL… Woodstock would have never happened if not for one dairy farmer, Max Yasgur, who allowed the festival to take place on his property after surrounding villages declined to host the event. As a result, the locals boycotted his products.
Wm6N TIL the Browns were the first team to use a radio inside of a helmet. During the 1956 season opener in Chicago, quarterback George Ratterman wore the helmet and had to contend with outside interference. “I’m getting cab calls from Michigan Avenue to State Avenue,” he complained to his teammates.
peOO TIL in 1933, a Japanese School Girl committed suicide by jumping into a volcanic crater on the island of Oshima. This act started a bizarre trend in Japan, and in the following year 944 other people (804 men and 140 women) leapt into the same crater.
J1QGm TIL: The (in)famous problem of most scientific studies being irreproducible has its own research field since around the 2010s when the Replication Crisis became more and more noticed
BNWk TIL that William Shatner did all of the Priceline commercials for free, in exchange for stock in the company. He later made $600 millon dollars because of the deal.