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TIL There's 2 Washingtons. The state and the district. Funnily enough Fallout is what taught me this.

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OJw4 TIL the first commercially available handheld cellular phone was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, which hit the market in 1983 and weighed in at 2 pounds. It was priced at $3,995
eMZk TIL Today (6/5) is National Doughnut Day which was created by The Salvation Army in 1938 to honor the men and women who served doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. In recognition Krispy Kreme, Dunkin Donuts and other shops are offering free donuts today.
1aJj7 TIL the electricity needed to power Times Square could power 161,000 average American homes or the entire country of Turks and Caicos
9aDD TIL Iran carries out more sex change operations than any other nation in the world except for Thailand
pEVN TIL that in 1963, the Quebec government bought out all the private power companies and nationalized electricity. Today, 96% of Quebec’s power is from hydroelectricity, and it has some of the cheapest electricity rates in North America while earning billions in revenue.