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TIL French toast is older than France.

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9Yy1M TIL the city of Portland, Oregon got its name because of a coin flip between two of its settlers in 1843, each of whom wanted to name it after their respective hometowns. The other potential name for the city was Boston.
glJy TIL between New York’s 6th and 7th avenues, there is a 6 and a half-th avenue
m1dQy TIL NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft, which flew by Pluto in 2015, carries onboard a portion of the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto. Also onboard (among other things) are a nylon American Flag, a 1991 postage stamp that reads "Pluto: Not Yet Explored", and FL and MD state quarters.
44jJ TIL that on June 12, 1970 Doc Ellis threw a no-hitter on acid and “despite being unable to feel the ball or see the batter or catcher clearly”
9YVOm TIL in the 1960s, a woman found the head of an axe, a gashed skull, and macabre sketches of murder victims in an iron tub in her attic. It turned out to be the evidence from the Lizzie Borden murder trial- her father had been Lizzie’s lawyer, and she’d given him the evidence after her acquittal.