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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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mpeo TIL that when Bono was 14, his mother died at her father’s funeral
6B58 TIL in 2007 a Bowhead whale was found to have a harpoon dating back to the 1890’s embedded in its blubber, indicating that it had survived a similar attack more than 100 years prior
AD6Bg TIL Denny's began in 1953 as "Danny's Donuts," then was renamed"Danny's Coffee Shops." After learning there was a local chain called "Coffee Dan's," the founders, neither named Danny or Denny, changed the name to "Denny's Coffee Shops," and later just "Denny's."
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