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TIL Portland, OR was named after Portland, ME instead of Boston, MA based on the flip of a penny by two early residents

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vPyO7 TIL on a sunny day, the top of Eiffel Tower moves in a circular motion measuring approximately 15 centimeters in diameter
O14X TIL that the number of people that die from the burning of fossil fuels and coal each YEAR is greater than the number of people that have EVER died as a result of nuclear power.
0dv8N TIL that 1 to 4% of the general population has antisocial personality disorder.
gMxZ4 TIL that in 2019 the Topps trading card company released a set of baseball cards that also had Charles Martinet (Mario's Voice Actor : Card 171) and Ben Schwartz (Sonic's Voice Actor in the Movie : Card 173).
8eJwZ TIL the Olympic Village of the 1980 Winter Games held in Lake Placid became a Federal prison