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TIL the state drink of Pennsylvania is milk and its state food is chocolate chip cookies

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nQjb TIL the Lee-Enfield rifle has been in active service with at least one military since 1895 (currently still used by the Canadian Rangers)
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6JDJ TIL that the car that President Kennedy was killed in was cleaned and used as the presidential limousine for President Lyndon B. Johnson until 1967 and later remained in service until 1978, 15 years after Kennedy’s death.