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TIL People born in American Samoa are not US Citizens.

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7vkr TIL that ‘Stu the IT guy’ from the movie “What We Do In The Shadows” is actually an IT guy named Stu.
V7RZ TIL that Eddie Vedder wrote ‘Jeremy’ after reading a brief newspaper article about a 15-year-old boy in Texas who brought a gun to class and shot himself, in front of his teacher and thirty students. Vedder wanted to show how even such a dramatic gesture would only get a few words in the daily news.
LQk7r TIL: In 2021, 65% of all sold cars in Norway were pure electric. Tesla had the biggest market share with 12% (of all car type sales). Almost 20% of the country's entire fleet is now electric.
5AyB TIL The kid who played Flick, the one that got his tongue stuck to the frozen flag pole in the move “A Christmas Story”, became a porn star.
Jp4B TIL A research study found that Guinness tastes better in Ireland and that “This difference remained statistically significant after adjusting for researcher, pub ambience, [and] Guinness appearance.”