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TIL Australia had a micronation called Hutt River that once even issued its own stamps, driver's license and passports. It even had a foreign office in the US. It had about 30 citizens.

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0nEp TIL the extinct California grizzly bear was, during its existence, the largest bear in the world - bigger than both the polar and Kodiak bears. The heaviest on record weighed 2350 lbs and was shot in the Santa Clarita Valley in 1876.
0dNW5 TIL national survey fielded online by Harris Interactive in June 2012 among over 2,000 U.S. adults ages 18 and older found that more than 40% of Americans fight about loading the dishwasher.
xrE0 TIL that US Robotics is still around, and still makes modems, and has 125 employees
kOp74 TIL: While staying well hydrated is crucial for users to stay safe while taking MDMA (ecstasy/molly), some people have actually died from over-hydration while on ecstasy—over-correcting by drinking too much water and dying of hyponatremia
PVnJ TIL that there is a lightbulb that has been burning since 1901