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TIL Town Line, New York seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy.

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D19kr TIL that Ecuador is named after being on the equator and is in fact the only country in the world named after a geographical feature
nWLko TIL that Anteaters T-Pose to establish dominance or ward off predators.
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