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TIL that Juneau, the capital city of Alaska, is larger in land area than Delaware and Rhode Island combined, but is comprised of only about ~32,000 people

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7rjkL TIL that before adopting Greek gods, the Romans largely did not have named deities. Instead, they venerated ancestral spirits called ‘Manes’. Many had a house shrine and were honored yearly at the feasts of Parentalia and Feralia.
pYlk4 TIL that similar to the Western, there was a Northern genre of film. Mostly set in the late 19th or early 20th century in Alaska or Canada, they tend to feature Mounties, lumberjacks, and First Nations people as opposed to cowboys, sheriffs, and Indians in Westerns. They lost popularity in the 1950s
wLyJ7 TIL that in 2006, the Sex Pistols were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but they refused to attend the ceremony, calling the museum "a piss stain".
j6NEQ TIL that fireflies are facing extinction in the United States.
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