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TIL The Appalachian Mountains and the Scottish Highlands were originally the same mountain range.

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BgOEW TIL that cats get named “mittens”or “boots” or “socks” so often because of white fur on their paws (hey, they look like mittens, boots, or socks). It was right there in front of me my whole life. It just suddenly entered my brain as I was talking to my daughter about “Mittens” rhymes with kittens…
r0Ko TIL That Debbie Does Dallas, a classic 1978 pornographic film is considered public domain and is available to watch for free, complete and uncensored, on its Wikipedia page
N7g81 TIL that the Earl Louis Mountbatten, Prince Philips's uncle, was assassinated. In 1979, an IRA assassin planted a radio controlled bomb on his personal fishing boat, killing him and several others on board.
loVxN TIL about Bill Bradley, an NBA all-star who won two championships with the New York Knicks (1979, 1973), only to become a New Jersey Senator from 1979-1997
bG0N TIL there is an ethnic minority in the Philippines whose life expectancy at birth is 16.5 and at age 15 is only 27.5.