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TIL that Texas has an embassy in Washington DC.

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ojBE TIL in WWII, a dog named Gander fended off two Japanese ambushes. When they came back again, with a grenade this time, Gander picked it up and charged back at them, killing more Japanese, saving his wounded team, going out in a blaze of glory and earning a posthumous medal.
0d5pA TIL Margot Kidder (Lois Lane from the original Superman) had a manic breakdown after the laptop she was using to write her autobiography crashed. She disappeared for four days
M7EX8 TIL Cablevision was actually founded by Charles Dolan, who was also the creator of HBO
GYxB1 TIL In 1981, polio-sufferer Ian Dury released Spasticus Autisticus, a protest song against the International Year of Disabled Persons. It was banned by the BBC for being offensive, but was broadcast worldwide during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
OoBB7 TIL The Chinese typewriter "Ming Kwai" could type over 90,000 characters, however due to it failing during a press conference it never went to production (despite it working the next day).