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TIL That Americans speak English totally different from each other

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VMZAQ TIL that the Times Square, one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, is formerly named as Longacre Square dating back to the 1870s, when the uptown carriage hub was named after Long Acre Square in London
LkEx9 Til that in 2006 the U.N.E.P. launched a massive campaign to plant a billion trees. Many countries took up the challenge with China and India planting over 2 billion.
loenA TIL that, in America, before TV was on 24 hours, there was a nightly sign off where the Star Spangled Banner was played and an image of the American flag was shown before the TV cut to static.
xYe7 TIL that in 1974, a young Tom Hanks wrote a letter to director George Roy Hill outlining how he should be “discovered” and that one day he will become “a hometown American boy who has hit the big-time, owns a Porsche, and calls Robert Redford ‘Bob’
kav7 TIL Chick-Fil-A is suing a Vermont man for printing shirts that say ‘Eat More Kale’ because it is too similar to their 'Eat Mor Chikin’ slogan