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TIL Mormons love Jell-O so much that it is Utah’s official state snack food and the biggest region where Mormons live is called the “Jell-O Belt”

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69Bmw TIL about the most extensive, longest and largest mountain range on Earth, that is nearly 65,000km long, but more than 90% of it is located 2,500m underwater and it’s spreading at 2 to 16cm per year
Ook8e TIL the same high school was used for shooting both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Beverly Hills, 90210.
6jEW TIL all British Army armored vehicles must have an electric kettle so the crew can brew tea without getting out. This rule was made after a WWII ambush, where a British tank squadron lost 29 vehicles to a surprise attack by four German tanks while the British crews were outside having morning tea
l7Y6r TIL that there is a man named Richard Weaver who multiple times has bypassed the Secret Service in order to shake Presidents' hands, claiming that it is a way of passing "notes from God" to them.
GAK4j TIL about “The Slash”, a man-made 6.1m wide and 2,171km long track of deforestation that demarcates portions of the border between Canada and the U.S.