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TIL that the Farmers Almanac has been in publication since 1792. Their predictions are based on 30 year statistical averages and “many longtime Almanac followers claim that our forecasts are 80% to 85% accurate.”

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grrrX TIL 93% of all assets seized by the IRS in FY 2021 were cryptocurrencies, totaling $3.5 billion.
X0wjX TIL that during the 70s and 80s, dozens of fires were set off deliberately in Hoboken, which displaced thousands of mostly Hispanic residents and killed 56. Investigators suspected that they were started by landlords in arson for profit schemes in order to sell newly renovated apartments to yuppies.
eAon TIL that “giddyup” is a contraction of “get thee up”
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