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TIL Texas reserved the right to divide itself into five separate states

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6W7J TIL the English invented the myth that carrots make you see better as propaganda during WWII to help conceal their nighttime vision secret weapon (radar)
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DLjP TIL after discovering his hotel alias, Michael Jackson used to prank call Russell Crowe and say things like “‘Is Mr. Wall there? Is Mrs. Wall there? Are there any Walls there? Then what’s holding the roof up?”
d8PkZ TIL that the band Creed got sued by fans in 2003 because of how intoxicated the bands singer was during one of their concerts in the Chicago area
oB8nW TIL There is a community in Florida known as Pervert Park, a trailer community strongly concentrated with convicted pedophiles living together upon release from prison