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TIL that the official name for ‘Mexico’ is the “United Mexican States.”

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VMMQ8 TIL of Sarah Jones, a camera assistant who was struck and killed by a train while working on the film Midnight Rider. Director Randal Miller was charged with criminal trespass and involuntary manslaughter and became the first director to go to jail as a result of a death on set.
WAV9 TIL that Black Friday runs concurrent with Buy Nothing Day; An international protest against consumerism with more than 65 nations globally participating.
M7xmK TIL about Tommy Manville, the heir to the Johns-Manville fortune. The terms of his family trust granted him $250,000 "when he married." As a result he got married 13 times, giving the women a cut of the proceeds before quickly divorcing them.
LkYbP TIL that the Soviets were more instrumental to Japan's surrender than the Nuclear fucking Bomb and we probably didn't have to drop it.
eOn5 TIL that the phrase “third world” was coined during the Cold War and refers to any country not involved in the competition of democracy vs communism at the time.