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TIL North and South Dakota are two different states because they couldn’t agree on where the capital should be.

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yVlYe TIL that Mike Tyson’s famous profanity ridden tirade at the press conference for the build up to his fight with Lennox Lewis, was caused after a journalist suggested Tyson should be put in a straight jacket.
51B9 TIL Andre the Giant once drank 156 beers in one sitting and his alcohol tolerance was used as a guideline for anesthesiologists when he underwent surgery.
M7YG0 TIL that world renowned swimmer Michael Phelps considered becoming a professional golfer after retiring from swimming and also holds the world record for the longest televised putt at 159 feet
owaK Til. That water currents take a 1000 years to complete a cycle.
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