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TIL that there IS a Word that Rhymes with Orange!

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YpJLP TIL that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other on the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1826. Not knowing Jefferson had died hours earlier, Adams last words included "Thomas Jefferson survives."
kblE TIL The Civil War started in Wilmer McLean’s backyard and ended in his Parlor despite the fact that he moved nearly 120 miles away after it had started
KKaB TIL that California’s drought might actually be a return to normal climate, with the past 100 years being abnormally wet.
x69Mb TIL That France shares its largest border not with a european country but with South America’s Brazil.
O974 TIL the European Space Agency and EU are currently deploying an alternative to GPS, called “Galileo”. As well as being accurate to 1 meter, it will also have a “Search and Rescue Service”, where distress signals can be picked up from anywhere on Earth. The full system will be completed by 2019.