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TIL of the existence of the short-lived Florida-based nation State of Muskogee, which was founded in 1799 in an attempt to resist the expansion of the United States with the assistance of southeastern native tribes

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pv9e TIL Hugh Jackman is the founder of a charity coffee company where 100% of the profits go to worldwide education, community development, and new business development.
mxJLx TIL that the German constitution has an eternity clause that prevent changes of its fundamental core values
WkYJL TIL That ice is predicted to change into a metal at pressures above 4.8 TPa (or ~48 million times the Earth’s atmospheric surface pressure). At even more extreme pressures, it could melt into a quantum liquid.
JYDNk TIL: The block Michelangelo carved David out of posed several problems. Called “the Giant,” it had been quarried 40 years earlier and had started to weather from the elements. Worse, other sculptors had tried roughing out a basic shape but given up midway. The final sculpture thus befits its name.
wLm18 TIL that blue M&Ms didn't exist until 1995, when a poll was held to replace the tan shade of M&M that was deemed redundant in addition to the brown M&M. Of pink, blue, and purple, blue won.