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TIL Maine is the closest US state to Africa.

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8xKG TIL that by making it legal for auto manufacturers to sell cars directly to consumers instead of going through franchised car dealerships, the average consumer would save $2,225 per car purchase.
N79v6 TIL: Danielle Steele, the best-selling author alive, puts out 6-7 bestsellers a year, has 9 kids and sleeps only 4 hours a day
P4gZ TIL a young Richard Branson had his flight to the Virgin Islands cancelled, so he chartered a private airplane. Not having enough money to do so, he picked up a small blackboard, wrote “Virgin Airlines $29” on it, sold tickets for the rest of the seats, and used that money to pay for the ride.
x6bA7 TIL if you liked the 90s alt rock song about millions of peaches, peaches for free, you'll probably also like kids songs such as Stompy the Bear, by Casper Babypants.
OaKg TIL there was a 20 meter shark that preyed regularly on whales and other large prey. They were such efficient killers that they ran out of food and had to resort to cannibalism, effectively eating themselves into extinction.