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TIL That the largest casino in the world is in Oklahoma

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Lgrp TIL that Jazz musician Billy Tipton lived for 74 years, had four sons, and several wives; and none of them knew that Billy Tipton had female body parts, Tipton went to great lengths to disguise birth gender; making up a big web of fascinating lies
jG0R TIL that two of the world’s largest rivers, the Amazon and the Rio Negro, meet but do not mix and are visually distinct but occupy the same body of water. This is due to the rivers’ different speeds and temperatures.
0w5L1 TIL that Charles Darwin was invited on the voyage of HMS Beagle not as a biologist but for his interest in geology. The ship’s primary mission wasn’t even on zoology, it was to conduct hydrographic surveys and test new chronometers
negyd TIL Alvin and the Chipmunks have won 5 Grammy Awards
LaPZ TIL that while preparing for his role as Rust Cohle in ‘True Detective,’ Matthew McConaughey wrote a 450-page deconstruction of his character’s life. It detailed the character at 4 pivotal points in his life and explored the mind of a “deep, wild-ass narco.”