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TIL Ireland was as neutral as Switzerland during World War II

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NXy7J TIL Cheryl Miller, who turned 60 on Wednesday, won two NCAA titles at USC and a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in basketball. Furthermore, her younger brother Reggie also played basketball.
Br5AL TIL that Louisiana is the state with the highest average number of sexual partners per person, with an average of 15.7; the National average is 7.7.
0wnXj TIL of NeverSeconds, a blog started by 9 year old Martha Payne to rate her school lunches and raise money for charity. Gaining popularity, parents started to take notice of the small size of the lunches and Martha was asked by the school to stop blogging.
b69p7 TIL President Rutherford B. Hayes remembered in the US mostly for being the first president to lose the popular vote and win the electoral vote, is remembered very fondly in Paraguay for his help in settling a territorial dispute that ensured "its survival as a country"
QJE1d TIL Eminem set the Guiness World Record with “Rap God” for most words in a hit single. The song has a record breaking 1560 words in 6 minutes 4 seconds and averaging 4.28 words per second. One section of the song features 97 words in 15 seconds at 6.5 words per second.