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TIL that 1830's advertisements to entice people to move to Houston Texas, show the town as a bustling port city nestled next to a range of mountains, despite the port not built yet and the closest mountain over 500 miles away.

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jNbaR TIL that there have been multiple people adrift at sea who have lived over a year with no supplies other than what the ocean had to offer. Through their own ingenuity and perseverance they survived.
8epP8 TIL President Calvin Coolidge had a pet raccoon named Rebecca. He got it as a gift in place of a turkey for Thanksgiving and Coolidge had no interest in eating it so he kept Rebecca as a pet and had a “White House Raccoon” tag made for her.
vR0x TIL France banned radio and television news anchors from saying the words “Facebook” and “Twitter” on air.
j6VYN TIL that John Tyler, the 10th U.S. President still has a living grandson, Harrison Tyler who is 94 yrs old.
BgpOr TIL the “kill the mothers” dialogue between Gene Hackman and Nathan Lane, in The Birdcage, was copied from a real conversation writer Elaine May had with another guest, at a dinner party. May’s words from the real dinner are Nathan Lanes’ lines, in the scene.