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TIL People born in American Samoa are not US Citizens.

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d8rAZ TIL Napoleon's 1st language was Corsican, his 2nd language was Italian, and he did not learn to speak his 3rd language-- French-- until he was almost 10 years old.
78A0M TIL that the "Leatherman" folding tool is named not because it was for working leather, or designed by a leatherworker, but rather takes its name from its founder's real name; Tim Leatherman.
rNOpw TIL the highest mountain in the Maldives rises to only 17 ft (5 m) above sea level. A local hotel once provided certificates for its guests who made the ascent.
nXdW TIL that the largest non-commercial rocket launch in Europe was undertaken by Top Gear while attempting to send a Reliant Robin to space
XgVk TIL a ring given from mother to son in 1974 while she was dying from cancer was lost two weeks later while he was boating on the Cooper River, SC. 39 years later, a diver found the ring underwater and returned it to the man, who was in the hospital dying from cancer.