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TIL The Yangtze River is the 3rd longest river but the longest with a watershed in only one country. TIL#2: A few tributaries of the Missouri River start in Canada

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kNZg TIL When President Ronald Reagan has been admitted to a hospital in 1981 due to being shot by John Hinckley Jr., he joked “Please tell me you’re all Republicans.” To which a surgeon who was a liberal democrat himself replied, “We’re all Republicans today.”
Br7kx TIL that immediately after landing on the moon, the Apollo 11 crew was supposed to sleep for 5 hours. They didn't, because they figured they wouldn't be able to.
81GK TIL the “Double Dare” host and crew “laughed their asses off” when Nickelodeon marketed “Gak” toy slime (named after the “Double Dare” crew’s nickname for their show’s ever-present slime) as the word “gak” was actually a street term for heroin.
BrOQD TIL that Bank of America's digital assistant Erica is named that because "bank of amERICA"
n8BB TIL: A nonprofit organization purchased a house across from the Westboro Baptist Church and painted it with colors of the gay pride flag as part of an equality campaign.