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

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Oo00L TIL that the Python programming language wasn't named after the snake. It was named after Monty Python, because the creator was reading Monty Python scripts when he implemented the language.
gMkBb TIL that at it's height, 'Old London Bridge' had over 200 shops, with some buildings 6 storeys tall. The bridge was home to one of London's most notorious sights — a display of the severed heads of traitors on spikes. The first head to be displayed was that of William Wallace.
7r4JZ TIL that the Statue of Liberty is worth less than $230,000 in scrap metal, and is the third most expensive statue in the world.
9YZmX TIL about the Georgia Guidestones, a set of huge granite slabs in Elbert County, Georgia commissioned by anonymous benefactors. The 5 slabs contain messages in 12 languages, and are intended to help rebuild human civilization after a global catastrophe.
rNEk4 TIL Animals can experience time differently from humans. To smaller animals, the world around them moves more slowly compared to humans. Salamanders and lizards, for example, experience time more slowly than cats and dogs.