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TIL the state of Texas has over 450 ghost towns

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loZM5 TIL Rock band Bring Me The Horizon got their name from the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie when Captain Jack Sparrow said, "Now, bring me that horizon."
YrLv TIL after JFK was prescribed use of a rocking chair to ease back pain, he enjoyed them so much that he would give rocking chairs as gifts to friends, family, and heads of state.
vVJB TIL that although the United States Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, having no longitudinal bearings, need not keep to a time zone, as a matter of practicality they operate on New Zealand clocks since resupply flights originate in Christchurch, on the South Island.
QJZP6 TIL the timezone on the International Space Station is GMT+0
VKVB TIL as a teenager, Puccini stole organ pipes from his town’s cathedral and sold them to buy cigarettes. As church organist, he rearranged the music to avoid playing the missing notes