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TIL despite being commonly thought as being nothing but a desert, Arizona has the largest contiguous pine tree forest in the world

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awkAL TIL to help prostitute's business in 16th c. Venice, the authorities designated a bridge where they could stand and show their breasts to potential clients. The bridge still stands to this day and is called "Ponte delle Tette" or the bridge of tits.
Br78r TIL The Vatican has no resident embassies located within its territory, they're all in Rome. Therefore, Italy's embassy to the Vatican is really in Italy and Taiwan's (Republic of China) embassy to the Vatican is in Italy while Italy doesn't officially recognize The Republic of China.
kAX5 TIL in 2011 Donald Jackson and a team of calligraphers completed what is believed to the first illuminated and handwritten bible since the invention of the printing press. It took 12 years to complete and cost $8 million.
reNW TIL Sean Smith, one of the Americans killed in the Benghazi attack, was a leading player known as ‘Vile Rat’ in EVE Online. On the day of his death, Smith typed a message online; “Assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our 'police’ that guard the compound taking pictures.”
b9Xd9 TIL The United States of America does not have an official language. In 1780, John Adams tried to pass a proposal which stated English as the official language, but it was deemed a threat to individual liberty.