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TIL the longest road in the world is the Pan-American Highway stretching 29,800 miles

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Vjop TIL screws were invented nearly 1000 years before screwdrivers.
6wWQ TIL NFL teams did not come to the field for the National Anthem until 2009, when the Defense Department started to pay teams to do so to promote patriotism.
AZal TIL that on June 28, 2009 Stephen Hawking threw a party for time-travelers. He announced the party the day after it happened, and according to Hawking, no one came.
bxO7 Today I learned that water is incredibly effective in protecting against radiation, with radiation doses “decreasing by half every 7 centimeters of water”
OQaX TIL that when the KKK was founded the KKK consisted of a group of Southern whites Democrats who were targeting Republicans with violence because they knew that given the chance, the blacks would vote Republican.