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TIL that the state of Vermont not only takes its nickname ("The Green Mountain State") from the Green Mountains, it is named after them. The French words Verts and Monts are literally translated as "Green Mountains".

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VM1e8 TIL That in Boston in 1919, a tank containing 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst, flooding the streets,killing 21 and injuring over 150 people.
Wkwko TIL in Spain, a thief found child pornography on some tapes he had stolen from a 64-year-old football coach, among other electrical goods. He left the incriminating tapes in an envelope for the police to find, notifying them of where he had burgled them from, leading to the coach being arrested.
kJj7 TIL that, biochemically, being in love may be indistinguishable from having severe obsessive compulsive disorder.
vPyLD TIL over the course of his 23 published adventures, Herge's Tintin was knocked unconscious 43 times. Between 1929 and 1973, he was hit with a rake, a brick, a whisky bottle, an oar, a giant apple, a camel femur, a block of ice, and countless punches and clubs.
oZjE TIL there is free University & College courses taught online by professors from world-renown schools. They believe learning should be free.