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TIL that 4 states ban billboards. That's Hawaii, Vermont, Maine, and Alaska.

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d8Pdd TIL that in 1820, an 80-ton sperm whale attacked and sank the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts). The tragedy attracted international attention, and inspired Herman Melville to write his famous 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
VBKn4 TIL that India's name is based on Indus River which flows through Pakistan.
R50m7 TIL: That weird European helmet with a spike coming out of the top isn't supposed to be a horn; they're so you can wear an animal's tail hair. (You'd tie a plume of your horse's hair together & stab it onto the spike.)
1gRr TIL the Tomb of the Unknowns’ sentinels will confront people who are disrespectful.
vOrB TIL Diseases from dirty water and lack of basic sanitation kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war.