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TIL Illinois has 9 Official State Animals

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v1N9x TIL Less than a quarter of U.S. workers report using math any more complicated than basic fractions and percentages during the course of their jobs. Blue-collar workers generally do more advanced math than their white-collar friends
eoNn TIL that in 1954, the CIA launched a covert operation that overthrew the democratically-elected leader of Guatemala and replaced him with a right-wing authoritarian president, beginning over four decades of civil war and political repression
nWmx9 TIL that chicken McNuggets have shapes - each one is either a bell, a ball, a boot, or a bow tie
7rMKx TIL about Osborne Bulls, iconic bull-shaped billboards found on highways throughout Spain that once served as advertisements for Vetenaro brandy. First erected during the 1950s, The billboards have become something of a national symbol in Spain.
4Xl95 TIL After losing the American Civil War several southerners emigrated to Brazil. These people, and their decendants, came to be known as Confederados and are mainly concentrated in the towns of Americana and Santa Barbera D'Oeste in Sao Paulo state.