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TIL of the world's shortest international bridge in Esperança, Portugal. Though it measures only 10.4 feet long (3.2 meters), this bridge spans the boarder river between Portugal and Spain.

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pRZQ TIL there’s a state in Australia that’s nearly four times the size of Texas with less than 1/10th the population.
WA7X TIL that Chess is a sport recognized by the IOC and therefore players are subject to Drug Testing
neApb TIL That Richard O'Brien, writer and composer and Riff Raff actor of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, voices Ferb's dad on the cartoon Phineas and Ferb.
woElJ TIL that in order to settle their long standing border dispute Benin and Burkina Faso declared in 2008 that the ~68 km2 area of Koalou/Kourou would belong to neither country. Making it one of the worlds few unclaimed territories.
7ABL TIL Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, was once subjected to a strip-search by airport security who considered him a suspicious character. As he was led away, a little boy said, “Ha, ha!” like Nelson on The Simpsons. Groening found the boy’s mockery the most irritating thing about the incident.