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TIL that back in 2010, the White House had to assure people that the President's upcoming State of the Union address would not conflict with the season premiere of LOST (season 6)

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9wPAM TIL the band Green Day got its name from the phrase, "green day", which was slang in the Bay Area, where the band originated, for spending a day doing nothing but smoking marijuana. Armstrong once admitted in 2001 that he considered it to be "the worst band name in the world".
lY4A TIL the first official motor vehicle “speeding” ticket was handed out in the UK, when a gentleman named Walter Arnold was caught rocketing down the road at the breakneck speed of… 8 MPH.
rR6w4 TIL Southern California Edison is only now starting to replace bare power lines with insulated power lines in high wildfire risk areas.
Bgyeb TIL that until as recent as 2019 children in Vale de Salgueiro, northeast Portugal, were allowed to smoke cigarettes freely to celebrate Epiphany (January 6th)
APjx TIL if everyone in the world lived in Texas, the population density would be the same as it is in New York City.