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TIL the official demonym for someone from the state of Indiana is “Hoosier”.

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l7E6B TIL: Mauritanian girls are force fed up to 16,000 calories a day to make them more attractive to men
K9k4 TIL that McDonald’s highest-calorie item isn’t a burger at all, but the 1,150-calorie Big breakfast with hotcakes and large biscuit
9M8B TIL Picard’s Flute from the Star Trek TNG episode “The Inner Light” was put up for auction along with other Star Trek memorabilia in 2006. Christie’s estimated the flute would sell for $300. The winning bidder paid $48,000 for the flute.
a89aZ TIL that red shanked Douc is a type of primate native to Indochina. It is the most colorful primate and is known as the queen of primates.
vM4B TIL that Dr Seuss’s first book was rejected 20+ times. He was on his way to burn it when he ran into a college friend who had just been made children’s editor at Vanguard Press. Seuss later said, ‘If I’d been going down the other side of Madison Ave, I’d be in the dry-cleaning business today.’