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TIL that water vapor is the biggest contributor to the greenhouse effect.

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d8XO7 TIL when the Mets beat the Red Sox in the 1986 World Series, many Yankee fans attended the parade celebrating the Mets' win, saying that "anyone who beats Boston is worth coming down for."
6LQ TIL that a 1,000 year old “fish trap” made of stones was found off the British coast with Google Maps
b9y9Q TIL that the five-digit zip code didn’t exist until the 60s, wasn’t mandatory until the 70s, and the plus-four didn’t exist until the 80s.
9Ye5Q TIL that while 4-8% of people have at least one food allergy, a large proportion of people in developed countries believe they have food allergies when they actually do not have them.
JlmQ TIL an area of Canada nearly twice the size of Texas was almost renamed “Bob” after politicians in the Northwest Territories asked residents to propose a new name. The campaign to name the territory Bob began as a prank, but thousands supported it. Politicians and Aboriginal leaders were not amused