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TIL the two US States tied with the lowest record all-time high temperatures are Alaska and Hawaii, each with a record high of 100F

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b6J1Z TIL Robert C. Campbell, a Captain in the British Army in WWI. Captured as a prisoner of war by Imperial Germany in 1914, he was held in captivity for two years before appealing to the Kaiser for a visit to his dying mother. He was allowed and voluntarily returned to POW Camp until the end of the War
NX4J8 TIL Ben Stiller was an actor in Empire of the Sun (1987) and his comedy film Tropic Thunder was in part based on that experience
xWVB TIL that An avenue is traditionally a straight road which emphasize arrival at a landscape or architectural feature and A boulevard is usually a widened, multi-lane arterial street with a median and landscaping between the curbs and sidewalks on either side.
d8Ye9 TIL a man was arrested for intentionally vomiting on an 11-year-old girl at a Philadelphia Phillies game
loak1 TIL the two-part Stress relief episode had the highest viewers of any other The Office episode(20M vs. 5-8M average) during its air. Also, Toby wrote this episode and that makes sense because the entire build up is towards a Michael Scott roast in the end.