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TIL In Cuba, picking up hitchhikers is mandatory for government vehicles, if passenger space is available.

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OGGoL TIL Hawaii is home to one of the least sunniest places in the whole of the United States- the "town" (CDP) of Hilo located on the Big Island which is also among the country's rainiest.
ANXP4 TIL the drawing of the bear on Alaska's license plates was appropriated from artist Douglas Allen without his permission. The plates were first released in 1976 but Allen didn't even know until 2015. Allen had never been to Alaska - he sketched the bear at the Bronx Zoo.
YpeGZ TIL each year U of Chicago students embark on a scavenger hunt. The 1999 list included a French Canadian, Fisher Price Baby's First Flamethrower, 5 Mensa membership cards and a nuclear reactor. Justin Kasper and Fred Niell built a plutonium-producing reactor in a single day to get 2nd place
ep5jL TIL there's a species called the European edible dormouse. So named because the Romans used to eat them as a delicacy.
wrO7 TIL that giant tortoises from the Galapagos can survive without food or water for up to a year. In the past, buccaneers, whalers and fur sealers would store them live in their ships’ holds as a fresh meat source that doesn’t require feeding.