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TIL the State of Kansas is literally flatter than a pancake.

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j6eOR TIL that Mewing is a form of “orthotropics” where you can supposedly change the shape of your jawline by the placement of your tongue in your mouth. John Mew coined the idea and was recently stripped of his dental license.
gMr8A TIL Ali Farka Touré (3-time Grammy award winner) was the tenth son of his mother but the only one to survive past infancy.
v1npB TIL that the island of Borneo is the only island to be split between three countries: Brunei (entirely on the island), Malaysia (partially on the Asian mainland, partially on Borneo), and Indonesia (an archipelago)
8a71P TIL That the term ‘antisocial’ is very commonly misused, and actually means to be violently against society and the rules imposed upon it, whereas the term for just being shut off/introverted is ‘asocial’.
vL7 TIL: The Super Guppy is used extensively by NASA to ferry components for the International Space Station and Project Orion.