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TIL that the United States tried to buy Greenland in 1946 but Denmark refused to sell it.

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8MGL TIL McDonald’s fries contain 17 ingredients
BrZYe TIL that NASA's Spirit Mars rover was meant to operate for 92 days. It ended up operating for 2,269 days, after which a dust storm blocked off its solar panels.
XoXk TIL that if the earth suddenly stopped spinning, everything would suddenly be projected sideways as though we were in a car accident at over 1,000 km/hr.
B07k TIL that the author of the science fiction novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, published in 1968, said “There will come a time when it isn’t ‘They’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me’.”
nGpr TIL that red dye in Franken Berry, a popular 1970’s breakfast cereal, was once found to cause pink poop after numerous children were hospitalized