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TIL: Florida is the flattest state, not Kansas. Kansas is the 7th flattest.

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5VAL9 TIL the BBC lost the sole production of the Queen's Royal Christmas Message and had to pay closely to 2.5 million pounds in restitution and donations due to the famous Diana interview, which was obtained under "questionable means".
GYd7g TIL of the tragedy of Love Canal, NY a town that was meant to be a dream community but was built on a toxic waste dump. The government ignored helping the families suffering from birth defects and health issues until a group of activist moms kidnapped 2 EPA officials for a few hours.
neyAY TIL that if you dug a tunnel through the center of Earth, and jumped in, and let gravity pull you through it will take you to reach the other side of the planet 42 minutes more or less
WkMLX TIL that the first ever science fiction novel, 'A True Story' was written in the second century AD. The novel includes travel to the outer space, flying to the Moon, alien lifeforms, interplanetary warfare and continents across the ocean.
woM7Y TIL You should avoid codeine cough meds if your gall bladder has already been removed. No one told me, found out the ouch way.