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

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mxaAp TIL Neil Douglas boarded a flight & found his doppelgänger/lookalike, Robert Stirling, sitting in his seat. The whole plane laughed & they took a selfie. Douglas arrived at his hotel, only to find the same double at the check-in desk. Their paths crossed again at a bar & they shared a laugh & a pint
9Y8XX TIL the introduction of the Davy lamp was followed by an increase in mine accidents, as it emboldened companies to mine in areas that had previously been regarded as being too unsafe.
VMOBk TIL that there is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of Ice which started in 1990 and is rebuilt every year.
9YRnM TIL 90% of Icelandic women went on strike both professionally and domestically in 1975. This led to the passage of equal pay legislation the following year.
OovB4 TIL of Jean Van Landeghem, a Belgian man who has been repeatedly pranked with pizza deliveries for nearly a decade, and he does not know who is sending them.