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TIL The Photos in the Cheers Opening montage were taken at a bar in Craigville, Minnesota in 1937

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Z8M6p TIL that when recording the audio book for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Stephen Fry could not say the phrase "he pocketed it" correctly, and he asked JK Rowling to replace it. She refused, and the phrase appears in each of the following 4 books.
KODrR TIL the highest natural point in Rhode Island, Jerimoth Hill, was once considered one of the more difficult state highpoints to scale despite being a gentle hill only 812 feet above sea level, as the trail up the hill passed through the private property of an old man who would threaten trespassers.
YppKP TIL of the shortest war ever- the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896. It lasted 38 minutes.
Oodg7 TIL Mealworms can eat Styrofoam
kN95 TIL that the band Keane originally came up with the band name Coldplay, but found it too depressing. Chris Martin asked if they could use it for his band, and Keane agreed.