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TIL of Kleindeutschland - literally a German town in the middle of New York City. It had the third largest German speaking population in the world until 1000 women and children were killed in a tragic fire. The population never recovered.

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w9pM TIL Robin Williams’ will prevents Disney from using his name, taped performances or voice recordings for 25 years after his death
4X09g TIL of the Californias. There are two more states with the name California in Mexico, and together along with the U.S. state of California, they comprise the Californias.
wP8P TIL there’s a city in Georgia with a golf cart path infrastructure over the whole town, where the large majority of the population own golf carts and the kids grow up driving them instead of cars.
rNBPy TIL in the audio universe, AM/FM radio is still by far the top medium in the US with a monthly reach of 91% of adults (18+). Followed by YouTube Music with 29% and Spotify with 25%.
deX8 TIL during World War 1, feminists and suffragettes handed out white feathers to shame men into enlisting in the army and lobbied for instituting an involuntary draft of men, including those who lacked votes due to being too young or not owning property.