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TIL Ben & Jerry's has a 'Flavor Graveyard' with tombstones for flavors which are no longer sold

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N7Dob TIL the Iroquois Confederacy, founded by the Great Peacemaker in 1142, is the oldest living participatory democracy on earth. The US constitution was influenced by the political system developed by the Iroquois Confederacy.
ANQea TIL that Madison Square Garden once held a six-day long roller skating race in 1885 that ended up killing two of the contestants. The highest-placing racers used ammonia soaked rags to keep themselves from passing out and ended up skating for over 1000 miles each by the end of the competition.
86kP TIL The Pennsylvania Dutch aren’t actually Dutch, they are German. Upon arrival, they were saying “Deutsch” which is German for, well, German. Germany in the their native language is “Deutschland.” English speaking Americans just assumed they were saying “Dutch.”
OGxk6 TIL background music help with concentration - it increases task-focus and decreases mind-wandering
BLQe TIL that Montpelier, VT is the only US state capital with no McDonald’s