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TIL Six states in America have a “State Dinosaur”
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TIL Mexico City has a high enough elevation that most mosquitos can't actually live there, including the species that spreads Zika and dengue hemorrhagic fever, making it safe for pregnant women to travel to.
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TIL of Stanisława Leszczyńska, a polish midwife who was incarcerated at Auschwitz during WW2. Leszczyńska was advised to euthanize the newborns she delivered. She did not comply, did not kill a single child, and delivered over 3,000 children. Today she is an official candidate for sainthood.
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TIL that one of the charges against Marie Antoinette included incestuous relations with her son Louis-Charles, who was forced to testify that his mother had molested him. After a two-day show trial, an all-male jury found the former queen guilty on all charges and unanimously condemned her to death.
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TIL Coca-Cola’s slogan is “Real Magic.” Coke’s slogan has changed several times over the history of the company.
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TIL that of the almost 200 countries in the world, only 22 have never been invaded by Great Britain.