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TIL the USA was the first country to gain independence from the British Empire.

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n0Rr TIL when the islands of St Kilda were evacuated, the local subspecies of house mouse quickly went extinct as it depended so closely on human settlement
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016y TIL that the dots in microwave oven doors are to keep radiation from escaping. This is accomplished because the dots are smaller than the wavelength of the radiation in question, creating essentially a faraday cage.
x5y7 TIL There was a secret nightclub in an abandon water tower in NYC.