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lojG7 TIl in addition to his sword, Ex Calibur, legendary King Arthur also had a spear named Ron.
78nEX TIL that the official residence of the US vice president is on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory to save money and that, by law, it is still officially the "official temporary residence" of the vice president.
LQXZP TIL Arica, Chile is the driest city in the World, with an average of 1.8mm (0.07 in) of rain a year. Some places in the surrounding desert have not received rain in over 500 years.
QNl5M TIL that the US is the world biggest porn producer.
VB6B8 TIL the word "thagomizer", the spikey part of a stegosaur's tail was not named by paleontologists. It came from a Far Side comic quote: "named for the late Thag Simmons" - and then paleontologists actually started calling it that.