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TIL that cigarettes are the most littered items in the world.

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GAPPG TIL of the fate of Mr. Cheeseface, the dog featured on the cover of National Lampoon magazine with a gun to his head. He was actually shot and killed by an unknown assailant a few years later on a farm in rural Vermont
7rEkX TIL that Rome was not the capital of the Western Roman Empire until its fall. The capital was moved to Mediolanum and Ravenna in the last centuries.
NXJre TIL the farthest point inland in North America is on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, about 80 miles southeast of Rapid City. This point is over 1000 miles from the nearest ocean.
Me070 TIL that Texas Instruments invented the silicone transistor, the semiconductor, transistor radio, and TTL chips. They’re also 192nd on the Fortune 500 list, with a worth of $100 billion, and only 3% of their annual revenue comes from the calculators we always associate with them.
gr5WA TIL that Imperata cylindrica - also known as kunai grass - is listed as an invasive weed in some areas of the world, but it is also a common medical spice that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine.