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TIL People of Alaska and Montana have the highest opinion towards their home states, while Illinois and Rhode Island have the lowest

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6EjVl TIL the Avocado fact on the front page is wrong. Wild Avocados are thriving and are naturally dispersed by bird species like the Resplendent Quetzel
XE1PE TIL it would take us approximately 225 million years to walk 1 light-year.
GY19J TIL that in 1869, Republican President Ulysses S. Grant tried to annex the Dominican Republic to use it as a safe haven for blacks fleeing persecution. Although the D.R. agreed to the annexation treaty, it ultimately failed to pass the Senate.
N7DbN TIL that the larger Pacific striped octopus is one of the only species of octopus that is not cannbalistic during mating, rather the two partners embrace each other intimately with their beaks and suckers, and they live in groups of up to 40 individuals unlike most other solitary species of octopus
gG0A TIL of British engineer Beatrice Shilling, who designed “Miss Shilling’s Orifice”, a stopper in early Spitfire engines that prevented engines from flooding during barrel rolls (and she raced motorcycles and was altogether pretty bad ass.)