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TIL that Mexico is officially known as the United Mexican States.

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OGN77 TIL German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann broke his neck in a cup final, but played the rest of the match. Prince Phillip commented on his crooked neck as he gave him the winner’s medal.
l56r TIL in the 1980s a man with severe OCD shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later .
KV1Q TIL that Charles Hatfield, a self-proclaimed “moisture accelerator”, accepted a job from the city of San Diego in 1915 to end a long drought for $10,000 but was forced to deny payment when people died due to severe floods shortly after he completed the job.
neOZ9 TIL that in countries, the suffix -stan generally means 'home of' in ancient Persian. An example would be that Afghanistan means 'Home of the Afghans.'
vMNr TIL film composer John Williams is the second most Academy Award nominated person in history with 49 nominations, right after Walt Disney