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TIL Watermelon is the official state vegetable of Oklahoma.

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ZpbaR TIL that Blairmore, Alberta had a Communist government in the 1930s
BgoZk TIL the techno nightclub "Toffler" in Rotterdam is a converted pedestrian tunnel, and features a hydraulic DJ system that moves back and forth throughout the night. It was named for futurist Alvin Toffler.
YpZXr TIL The Russo Brothers were given the reins of the MCU after Marvel president Kevin Feige saw and loved the Community episode "A Fistful of Paintballs"
y1gJ TIL in 1913 a man was charged for threatening to kill his wife and newborn son with a knife. The mother remarried and the boy changed his name to that of his step-father. That boy went on to become the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford.
WkYg4 TIL when you get a sunburn, it’s not your skin cells being damaged by the sun and dying, it’s your skin cells’ DNA being damaged by the sun and them killing themselves so they don’t turn into cancer.