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TIL that Americans spell judgement without the e (judgment)

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OEo7 TIL that due to various laws that prevent any sex offender from living close to children an entire town was built exclusively for offenders in Florida.
NXrAe TIL Memphis, TN, had 4 mayors between December 31, 1939 and January 1, 1940. A new one who had already served as mayor was sworn in at midnight on January 1 and immediately resigned, then the Vice Mayor temporarily became mayor while they chose someone else to be mayor.
XXMk TIL That the Dutch East India Company was the most valuable company in history. Worth 78 Million Dutch Guilders, adjusted to dollars it was worth $7.4 Trillion.
6177 TIL that Indonesian President Sukarno ordered a Christian Architect to build the largest Mosque in the country. He also ordered it to be build next to a Cathedral and a Church as a symbol of the nation religious harmony and tolerance. (Indonesia has the world largest Muslim population)
5YQyP TIL the tongue is actually the fastest healing part of the body