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TIL that Saint Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis is the only natural major waterfall on the Mississippi River.

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ePJ4 TIL, on its page for ‘This Is Spinal Tap,’ IMDb enables users to rate the movie out of 11 stars (e.g. 8.0/11) instead of the standard scale of one to ten.
ONL7 TIL a bank developed a prototype online banking system for Super Nintendo in 1998
KLJ TIL the Coriolis Effect can be visualized on a merry-go-round aka roundabout, by throwing a ball to a fellow rider directly across from you. To him it will appear to curve opposite of the way you are spinning, although to a viewer not on the merry-go-round it appears to fly straight.
R79Va TIL drug traffickers launder funds from the US to Mexico largely through fashion wholesalers based in the fashion district of downtown Los Angeles.
0d7v1 TIL in addition to the legendary last stand of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans, many significant battles were fought at Thermopalyae. The most recent being a clash between ANZAC Forces & Germany during WW2. Today, the hallowed field is a quick stop off a major highway in Greece.