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TIL Mount Olympus, home of the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece, is a real mountain

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pYGvZ TIL large sheets of uncut legal U.S. currency can be purchased from the U.S. Mint in every denomination up to $100 bills.
69Ejl TIL the Big Mac was created to compete with the Big Boy. Its two prior names before its current name was created by a 21-year-old advertising secretary, Esther Glickstein Rose. First was the Aristocrat, dropped as it was hard to pronounce, then the Blue Ribbon Burger. McDonald's settled on Big Mac.
EnL7 TIL Canada is the most educated country in the world.
0dbMv TIL that on October 9, 2022, there was an explosion in space, called a gamma-ray burst, that was at least 549 QUINTILLION times brighter than our Sun! The explosion was so bright that it blinded telescopes, preventing a true measurement of its actual brightness!
MePnB til that the blue bird is a symbol of happiness, good health & hope in North America