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

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R7El1 TIL from 1923 to 1969, "American" was the sole official language of Illinois.
mo5p TIL caffeine has a half life of ~6 hours, meaning a 140mg cup of coffee consumed in the morning will still have about 70mg in you mid-day
9YY6 TIL the “fancy” label on some ketchup is actually a USDA grade.
8O84 TIL that in 2008 there was a music festival called ‘Festival of the fuck bands’ where bands such as Fucked Up, Holy Fuck and Fuck buttons performed live. It was held in Fucking, Austria.
Bg7wx TIL When President Macias of Equatorial Guinea was overthrown in 1979, the army couldn’t find him. He was discovered 2 weeks later by a villager, wandering through the Jungle, alone and delirious with the entire country’s foreign currency reserves in 2 suitcases.