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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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b9GON TIL about the White Ship disaster that killed 300 people including the heir to the English throne, and sent England into a succession crisis
nekvY TIL "Accuracy" is the ability to hit a target, "Precision" is the ability to achieve the same results over and over. You can be accurate without being precise, and precise without being accurate.
x6Okg TIL Punch drinks originated from India, and the word punch is a loanword from Hindi पाँच (pāñch), meaning "five", as the drink was frequently made with five ingredients: alcohol, sugar, juice from either a lime or a lemon, water, and spices.
Gm01 TIL that Paris Metro trains drive on the right rather than the left and its tunnels are narrower than main-line ones in order to prevent it from being absorbed into the national railway network
DQEbD TIL the history of this iconic design known as "jazz"