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TIL Disneyland is in Orange County California, and Disneyworld is in Orange County Florida

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v1xMj TIL The "Sarco" is a 3D-printable suicide machine designed by Dr. Philip Nitschke. The machine uses liquid nitrogen to operate and completes its function within 5 minutes. The only way to control the machine is from the inside, making the whole process voluntary.
9wpLD TIL the adult form of the inchworm is called a geometer moth.
BgXaK TIL that people used to live in tree trunks
VM7DG TIL that objects approaching a black hole experience 'spaghettification'
mxjwE TIL that after Mao Zhedong promised China's steel production would one day surpass England's and America's, many children born in 1958 and 1959 were named 'Chaoying' ('Surpass England') or 'Chaomei' ('Overtake America').