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TIL that an entire town exists in Pennsylvania due to one of the only traffic lights on the Interstate system

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gM5BW TIL that square academic caps are called mortarboards, because it looks similar to the mortarboard used by brickmasons to hold mortar
JYRDv TIL that out of the 9 billion tons of plastic humans have created throughout history, half of it has been in the past 13 years
Y557 TIL that cats with three colors are nearly always females. (grey is not considered different color if mixed with black and white)
VBWbQ TIL: Pakistan’s Jahangir Khan, who overcame a congenital heart defect, went on to dominate squash with a 555-match win streak and 16 major titles, cementing his legacy as the greatest player in the sport’s history.
neeQB Shopkeeper removing the word, ‘Italian’ from the sign above his restaurant in Soho, London during WW II, after anti-Italian riots throughout Britain.