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TIL Mexico's official legal name is "United Mexican States"

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wLb9P TIL there are no known cases of a moon orbiting another moon, although it is possible in theory. One of the proposed names for these submoons is moonmoon.
GxVj TIL murderer Richard McNair mailed himself out of prison, convinced a police officer he wasn’t the fugitive they were looking for, and lived in Canada for over a year while running a blog on himself
VM4aQ TIL In spite of $50 million in sales, the PB Max candy bar was discontinued in the 1990's because members of the Mars family didn't like peanut butter
xVED0 TIL Roman Emperor Valentinian I died from bursting a blood vessel in his skull while angrily yelling at envoys from a Germanic tribe known as the Quadi, for their diplomatic insults.
DpKv TIL Bing Crosby’s recording of “White Christmas” was so popular that he had to re-record it in 1947 using the same musicians and backup singers in the 1942 original master because it had become damaged due to its frequent use