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TIL Portugal produces more than 50% of the world's cork supply.

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8aWBX TIL Joni Mitchell recorded an album called "Hejira," written on a car trip from Maine to Los Angeles. "Hejira" is also the word for Mohammed's journey from Mecca to Medina.
6pkY TIL the difference between robbery and burglary is robbery is done with a victim present while burglary is performed when no victim is around.
9YKGM TIL following his death at the Battle of Little Big Horn, the reputation of General George Custer was rehabilitated by his widow, who spent decades promoting his image as as the "gallant fallen hero amid the glory of Custer's Last Stand".