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TIL Hawaii is not part of North America (or any continent) but is in the geographic region Oceania

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6ErD8 TIL that Spider webs were used as bandages in ancient times.
ANoGg TIL I learned that one of the people who is first credited with the ideas for a home mortgage and home insurance policy, as well as being an early outspoken proponent of paper currency, was named If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned before renaming himself Nicholas Barbon
4X1aw TIL about Andy Hartley Payne, who was the winner of the International Trans-Continental Footrace in 1928 to promote U.S. Route 66. He ran the 3,423.5 mi route from Los Angeles to New York City, much of it along U.S. Route 66, in 573 hours, 4 minutes, 34 seconds over an 84-day staged run.
yr1v TIL in 2009 a Russian woman was prosecuted for raping ten men, out of which nine men pressed charges, while one man said he loved it.
5A9D TIL Texas attorney general threatened international observers from OSCE with arrests and criminal charges if they were to monitor the 2012 elections in that state.