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TIL The word “amn’t” is a valid contraction for “am not”

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WkXy9 TIL Gerald Ford used to tell his friends: "I know I will go to hell, because I pardoned Richard Nixon."
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ANol4 TIL 1 out of 3 Americans live in just four states. California, Texas, Florida, and New York.
56Nn TIL in 1867 after Union soldiers set fire to Columbia, SC, the New York Fire Dep. raised money for a hose carriage; Colombia promised to return the favor whenever New York needed it. Shortly after 9/11, Colombia Fire Dep. followed up and raised money for a new fire truck for the NYPD.
P10GE TIL Unlike the majority of the US, Delaware was once a Swedish colony called New Sweden, established during the Thirty Years' War. Settlements were established in present-day Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. New Sweden existed from 1638 to 1655 before being conquered by the Dutch