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TIL that "American" was the official language of Illinois from 1923 to 1969.

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e09Bg TIL Vorkuta is one of Russia’s fastest dying cities but is technically the fourth most populous settlement north of the Arctic Circle. In many apartment complexes throughout Vorkuta, there are just one or two families left
aOmN TIL that the original border between North and South Carolina was marked with stones and marks on trees, and is now lost
lE9V TIL that the Chinese invented a 1-wheeled wheelbarrow in 200AD. One man could carry up to 6x the weight than if he were using a Western wheelbarrow. Some Chinese wheelbarrows were further improved by adding sails, turning them into 3rd-Century Wind-Powered Land-Ships
wLXk6 TIL Israel merged the front half of a damaged rare 2 seat F-15 with the back half of an obsolete retired single seat F15. When they asked Boeing for advice Boeing never responded thinking the Israeli air force was joking.
E1y8o TIL that Elizabeth Blackwell was accepted by mistake by Hobart College (then Geneva Medical College), and she matriculated. Many MD’s refused to work with her, but she persevered and graduated.