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TIL North Carolina has, along with the usual 'official state' things, an official beverage, boat, carnivorous plant, dance, dog, frog, freshwater trout, marsupial, tartan, and toast.

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JYmwV TIL that the shape of a Pringles chip is a hyperbolic paraboloid, which gives them their unique crunch, makes them easier to stack, and makes them less likely to break during transport.
Z85O4 TIL that sticks of butter come in two different shapes in the US based on which coast you are on.
9wkKm TIL that the oldest surviving globe in the world is named Erdapfel (in English, potato) doesnt feature the american continents since they weren't discoverd yet, and potato's originally came from the continents
9wVxD TIL that Santa Anna, the Mexican general and politician best known in the US for besieging the Alamo, later lived in exile in the US where his attempts at selling a rubber substitute inadvertently helped introduce chewing gum to the country.
mGyo TIL the Pope’s popemobile is a Hyundai unlike previous popes that have used Mercedes.