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TIL that over half of the US state names came from Native American terms/expressions

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OGBR6 TIL The United States of America has 1.4 Billion Pounds of Cheese Stored in Caves for Poor Economic Periods
Z8G5o TIL the cats movie (the one with terrifying monsters) originally had the cats have buttholes. The VFX artists worked like hell to get rid of the buttholes.
xEEB TIL a man shot and kill his son’s kidnapper on camera and was only given 5 months probation. (video)
yQgWe TIL jumper cables were invented in 1863 by a man named William Jumper. They were originally invented to restart batteries for mechanical devices, and have become an essential tool to have in most vehicles today.
nW5ko TIL that the UK armed forces have to be reauthorised by legislation every five years, because the UK Bill of Rights 1688 makes a standing army illegal without the consent of Parliament.