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TIL that “Expecto Patronum” roughly translates to “I await a protector” in Latin

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le0N TIL that when the KKK successfully lobbied to adopt a highway in Missouri, the Governor had the name of that stretch of road changed to Rosa Parks Highway
BrbmW TIL Before the conflict in South Sudan, a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of sugar used to cost eight South Sudanese pounds. The price reached 400 South Sudanese pounds in 2018
8eaX8 TIL The smallest possible size for anything in the universe is the Planck Length, which is 1.6 x10-35 m across.
v1EEL TIL on February 11, 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: "I'd like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I'm innocent."
VB6oZ Today I learned that cars in the early 1900s didn’t have windshield wipers. Drivers had to stop every so often to wipe the glass with a cloth—until Mary Anderson invented the wiper and pushed it to market despite all the doubts. A lot of car manufacturers thought it would distract drivers!