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TIL that the city of Pittsburgh, PA, dumps raw, untreated sewag into the Ohio river.

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w4dW TIL mad scientists attached a rat’s brain to an F-22 simulator and taught it how to fly in 2004
6ENJ TIL that President G.W. Bush’s great, great, great, great grandfather Obadiah Newcomb Bush was vice president of the American Anti-Slavery Society, supported the Underground Railroad, and petitioned the New York State Legislature to secede from the Union in a protest against slavery.
e0D9E TIL of the Knights of Malta, a sovereign entity (part of the U.N. General Assembly) with 13,500 knights, 40,000 doctors and a further 80,000 volunteers. They have only 2 official citizens, but they still issue passports, coins and postage stamps despite having no physical land or territory
BgBZy TIL The capital of Canada once alternated between Toronto and Québec every four years. Queen Victoria selected Ottawa in 1857 because it sits far from the American border and it is situated on a cliff, making it easier to defend from a possible attack
6EGbw TIL in 1986, the store chain Silo advertised a stereo as costing “299 bananas”, with “bananas” being a slang word for “dollars”. However, 32 people legally bought the stereos with 299 banana fruits.