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TIL: The term ‘mountain dew’ was originally used to refer to a traditional distilled Irish alcoholic drink called Poitín.

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YbGZ TIL: A scientific study demonstrated that Duct Tape “… failed reliably and often quite catastrophically,” at sealing ducts.
mbBx TIL that there’s a diamond mine open to public in Arkansas that is the only diamond mine open to public. Visitors can keep whatever the gems they find . 31000 gems have been found so far since it became a state park in 1972.
YpkgA TIL prohibition era Texas Rangers were continually frustrated by a burro they dubbed the “Lone Rum-Running Jackass of Starr County,” who would be loaded with liquor over the border in Mexico, then find its way back home in Texas overnight.
lymK TIL that in 1893 Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced the queen to abdicate. The coup led to the dissolving of the Kingdom of Hawaii two years later, its annexation as a U.S. territory and eventual admission as the 50th state in the union.
a8dWN TIL that the largest urban area by population outside of Asia is São Paulo, Brazil