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TIL Cyclops from the X-men doesn't just shoot laser beams from his eyes; he opens a portal to another energy dimension and his eyes are the gateway

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jE5j TIL New Mexico has the best-designed flag of any U.S. state, territory or Canadian province, according to a 2001 survey by the North American Vexillological Association. Texas came in Second Place.
94DD TIL that Claims of virgin births in U.S. near 1 percent
X0oj TIL Fahrenheit remains the official scale of the United States, Cayman Islands and Belize. That’s just 3 of 196 countries in the world.
gMw8b TIL a small town called Kensico was flooded to expand the New York Reservoir System to meet the increasing water needs of New York City. The Kensico Dam at the end of the reservoir is now the site of a large public park and plaza.
XQxX TIL Milhouse Van Houten from The Simpsons was named after Richard Milhous Nixon, because it was the most “unfortunate name Matt Groening could think of for a kid”