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TIL Maine is the closest US state to Africa.

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JyMj TIL old NYC subway cars are dumped into the Atlantic Ocean to help build an artifical reef to serve as a habitat for marine life.
x6elw TIL that Bulgarian scientist Victor Ninov fraudulently claimed to have discovered two new chemical elements (116 and 118) while working at Berkley. Later investigations found he had also falsified evidence for elements 110,111, and 112, but escaped consequence as real elements were soon found.
E1K7w TIL that there was a legal battle between World Wide Fund for Nature and World Wrestling Federation over the use of the acronym WWF.
LkMn9 TIL Terry Crews received a scholarship to attend the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, a prestigious art school. His first job in entertainment was drawing courtroom sketches for the worst murder case in Flint, Michigan history. The murder who had killed six people was also named Terry.
YpgMx TIL that 620 million years ago there were only 21.9 hours in a day, and 400 days in a year.