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TIL Texas has the right to split itself into five states.

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JYeP8 TIL that in 1897 the mayor of Seattle quit office to start a boat business and transport gold miners from San Fransisco to Canada
a8DWJ TIL When a cow has opposite sex twins, the female twin is usually born intersex and infertile. This happens because the twins blood supplies are linked, which exposes the female to male sex hormones.
QNk8a TIL a lot of ancient Roman furniture we know about was preserved in cities buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. High temperatures carbonized the furniture rather than burning it, which left well preserved wooden objects
wLmx1 TIL In the film Osmosis Jones, Bill Murray's character mentions a "National Chicken Wing Festival" in Buffalo, New York. While the festival did not exist during the filming of the movie, this mention caused organizers to create an annual festival in Buffalo which has been active now for 16 years.
pYw1b TIL that an in 1551 an unidentified disease known as sweating sickness, killed both the two young heirs to the Duke of Suffolk title within hours.