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TIL Phil Collins is a huge Alamo relic collector and historian.

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DV7Y TIL that Pakistan is actually an acronym for Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Indus and Sindh. The suffix -istan means “land” or “home”
5Vlrr TIL the US army would take dead bodies that were donated by family for the purpose of medical research and instead use them to test the destructiveness of bombs
L9vQ TIL that Alaska is the easternmost state in the United States, as a part of the Aleutian Islands is technically in the eastern hemisphere
Ko5Q TIL it is illegal to live with your SO before marriage in Mississippi, and it’s punishable by up to 6 months in jail
rlWe TIL Albert Einstein once took a cab home but forgot his address. He asked the cab driver, who didn’t recognize him, if he knew Einstein’s address. The driver said everyone in Princeton knows that address, to which Einstein replied, “I am Einstein. I forgot my address. Can you take me there?”