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TIL GEICO actually means Government Employees Insurance Company

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0wlkv TIL the Island of Sri Lanka/Ceylon only became an island in 1480, when the narrow landbridge connecting the peninsula to the Indian Subcontinent was destroyed by a massive cyclone after years of gradual erosion.
69RvZ TIL that the second largest nuclear spill in world history happened in the U.S. in Navajo Nation
X0gkX TIL that To reduce eye strain, you should look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes.
BrxOK TIL Paul Revere never managed to warn anyone. He was actually captured, escaped, and then captured again. He was riding with two friends and it was one of them that escaped and managed to warn the Colonials.
bkWp TIL: It costs about 5 cents to make 4 cents.