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TIL: Until 2020, the official name of Rhode Island was The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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kO4B TIL North Dakota is not “legally” a state according to an error in their constitution. They’re are voting to fix it this November.
1yPD TIL there is a Kardashian index for scientists that indicate if a scientist has an overblown public profile without significant scientific contribution.
Zljo TIL an elderly man investigated for having large sums of cash but no visible means of support was found to have 1,258 paintings in his apartment, over 500 of which suspected as having been looted by the Nazis.
mxbKO TIL On average, every adult human body contains two to six pounds of bacteria.
GO7N TIL that having held military positions that required him to be, in his own words, “tough” and “mean”, “the guy who makes you scrub the latrine, the guy who makes you make your bed, etc.”, Bob Ross decided that if he ever left the military, he would never scream again.