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TIL that there are large numbers of abandoned highways in the US. They are typically left in place and known as lost highways.

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vR7 TIL - You can’t donate blood if you have done any of the following, even once: Had homosexual sex with a man, used a needle to inject yourself with drugs/steroids, were born in one of many African countries, have ever taken money in for sex, or had sex with an African in the last 12 months.
k4vW TIL there exists another government in the U.S. called the Republic for the United States of America. They claim the U.S. is a corporation and has been unlawful since 1871.
g5R7 TIL Until the late 1400s the word ‘girl’ just meant a child of either sex. If you had to differentiate between them, male children were referred to as 'knave girls’ and females were 'gay girls’. Equally, a boy could be called a 'knave child’ and a girl a 'maiden child’.
Z8krG TIL the easternmost province in Nepal is literally named "Province No. 1". It is one of three provinces named like this in the country, the others being No. 2 and No. 5.
7yWL TIL of Mary Fields, aka “Stagecoach Mary,” a 6 ft, 200 lb former slave who, at age 60, was hired by the U.S. Postal Service as she was the fastest applicant to hitch a team of horses. She never missed a day of work, and when the snow was too deep for her horses, she carried the mail on her back.