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TIL Texas Pete is from North Carolina

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v1xBL TIL Africa has two capitals that mean the same thing in different languages: Libreville (Gabon) and Freetown (Sierra Leone)
kdDm TIL a cockatoo in Australia lived to be 100 years old.
ADAax TIL The company behind the infamous CueCat had a data breach back in 2000 revealing name, email address, age range, gender and zip code. They gave a 10$ Radioshack gift card to everyone affected.
yVldV TIL that Cher has had a single reach Number 1 on a Billboard chart in each of the last SEVEN decades.
GA167 TIL that the record for Highest Typing Speed ever recorded was set 76 years ago using a Typewriter.