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TIL the Aurora is taller than 250 Burj Khalifas

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16QRP TIL that Missouri is likely called the Show-Me State in reference to a speech from a Congressman in 1899: "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."
4Xp8R TIL popcorn became popular during the Great Depression because it was fairly inexpensive.
KYgpR TIL Only 1g of alcohol (including content in medications) is permitted to be used/released by astronauts per day on the International Space station due to Combustibility concerns (page 269)
R7eX7 TIL that there are 10 million descendants of passengers on the Mayflower.
Qgae TIL That Nicolas Cage did in fact deny that he is a time travelling vampire