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0wnZN TIL there's a portion of America only accessible by land through Manitoba, Canada with a population of 60.
QNEBX TIL that cola drinks are essentially just carbonated herbal tea with caffeine.
8ay1Z TIL when Ella Fitzgerald couldn’t get booked by clubs and TV because she was black, Marilyn Monroe offered to come to a nightclub every night and sit in the front row if they let Ella sing.
pa9Q TIL that a Soviet underground nuclear test triggered an earthquake that measured 6.97 on the Richter scale and created a 2 km lake with the ensuing 80 million ton avalanche!
mxeWO TIL that the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War was neither fought in America nor involved any Americans