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TIL the phrase “Don’t mess with Texas” has nothing to do with Texan toughness, but was invented by the Texas Department of Transportation to fight littering

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DPeD TIl that in 1379, a baby was born named “Diot Coke”
Eggjo TIL Astronomers measure sunspot areas using a square grid by placing the grid over the photo of a sunspot and count the number of squares covering it. Areas can also be determined using graphical charts and software
6joZ TIL Al-Qaida originally planned for nuclear power plants to be the target for the 9/11 attacks but changed targets fearing that it “might get out of hand”
epE1J TIL: Queen frontman Freddie Mercury left his London estate to his ex-girlfriend, who put it up for sale at $38 million
v1DdL TIL: 10 years ago, a lot of people believed Lady Gaga had a penis.