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TIL the US did not have an official national anthem until 1931. Many songs were used, including the SSB.

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EgmQp TIL after a causeway was constructed in 1959, the northern half of the Great Salt Lake in Utah turned red. A red-colored bacteria called halophilic bacteria flourishes in areas with high salinity, and the region north of the causeway is no longer fed by freshwater.
xVlY7 TIL a child is 16 times safer riding to school in a school bus than in a family vehicle
V5Bp TIL the Sun is the most perfect sphere ever observed in nature.
rNn4w TIL there's a famous Go game called the "blood-vomiting game", known for 3 brilliant moves by winner Honinbo Jowa and for his opponent Intetsu Akaboshi coughing up blood onto the board, which led to his premature death at 25
LQvNr TIL cotton candy was invented by a dentist in Tennessee. He called it "Fairy floss" and sold it at the St. Louis World's Fair.