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TIL Colloquially, instead of a person from Connecticut is called a Connecticuter, the word Nutmegger is used

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rlnM TIL that Angkor Wat in Cambodia is the largest religious structure in the world. It is 80 times bigger than St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City, and at least 3.5 times bigger than the Vatican City itself.
loVb1 TIL Bones produce piezoelectricity when stress is applied and forms electrical dipoles that attract osteoblasts. Osteoblasts deposit calcium and other minerals on the part of the bone that is stressed which increases the density of the bone.
DQdLp TIL that Canada has a large desert area, resembling the Sahara, with massive dunes. It borders Lake Athabasca and is surrounded in boreal forest.
OGK8e TIL the Internal Revenue Service in the US assumes that restaurant workers are tipped 8%
X0X8X TIL Even Mild Dehydration Can Lower Your Focus, Memory, and Mood