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TIL that Florida is a flatter state than Kansas.
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TIL the name of the country Bhutan translates to “The Land of Dragons“, the Bhutanese people call themselves translated “Dragon People“ and the head of state of Bhutan is the “Dragon King“
DoVP
TIL Shakespeare was the first person to use an English mechanic called verbing. Verbing is using a noun as a verb. EG. I sport good. I am currently fooding a hamburger.
R71m7
TIL General MacArthur wanted to win the Korean War by dropping 30-50 atomic bombs on air bases, followed by sowing nuclear waste into the ground to create a permanent radioactive border to prevent future invasions from the North.
xVwm1
TIL that Peter Pan has been owned by Great Ormond Street hospital since 1927 - the rights were gifted by the author
4Xe5R
TIL during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, police arrested armed civilians defending Koreatown instead of nearby looters, and police and the National Guard would often protect the suburbs far away from the riot areas, whose businesses were largely left to burn