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TIL, the cairn terrier (Toto) has been proposed as the state dog of Kansas

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e04gJ TIL star rappers Post Malone and Childish Gambino got their famous stage names by inputting their real name into the "Wu-Tang Name Generator" and using the first nickname to pop up.
1aXeO TIL about Aphrodite Areia, the Warlike and Armoured version of Aphrodite worshipped by the Spartans.
rRZl1 TIL that The Beach Boys made it up. There is no place called Kokomo off the Florida Keys.
VM0Bm TIL that Scotland has an official contingency plan in case they ever catch the Loch Ness Monster.
R7O5Q TIL Intimidator 305, a steel roller coaster located in Doswell, Virginia had to be reconsructed because riders reported symptoms of greying or blacking out immediately following the first drop due to overwhelming G-forces, a 300 ft (91m) drop with an 85 degree maximum descent angle.