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TIL powdered water exists.

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X6AE TIL that 27 U.S. states are at least partially north of the southernmost part of Canada.
rR19o TIL the present-day Washington State was originally called "Columbia", but Congress forced the name change to "Washington" in honor of George Washington and to avoid confusion with the nation's capital, the District of Columbia
Okra TIL Adolf Hitler’s initial reaction to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when he was first informed about it on the evening of 7 December at Führer Headquarters, was that he claimed “We can’t lose the war at all. We now have an ally which has never been conquered in 3,000 years”.
VML0k TIL The author of the Anarchist Cookbook, an infamous instructional book on homemade explosives, weapons, and drugs, regretted its publication. He attempted to have it removed several times, only to be thwarted by the publisher Lyle Stuart.
gjx4 TIL There’s a Coke machine on Capitol Hill that has no permits, known owner or operator and yet has remained stock, sometimes with discontinued products, and functioning for years.