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TIL that Count Dracula was originally supposed to be named Count Wampyr

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mxdJx TIL that Alice Huyler Ramsey was the first woman to drive coast-to-coast across the USA in 1909. The 22-year-old housewife and mother completed the 3,800-mile journey from New York to San Francisco in a green Maxwell 30. The 59-day trek took 3-weeks longer than planned & 96% of the route was unpaved
7rR5X TIL since 1953, the Italian bank, Credito Emiliano, has accepted giant wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese as collateral for business loans.
x6VM7 TIL that Elvis Presley’s breakout hit Heartbreak Hotel was inspired by Alvin Krolik, a depressed divorcée who was killed while robbing an El Paso liquor store. Krolik had claimed he walked a “lonely street.” It became the Heartbreak Hotel’s gloomy address and one of the song’s most memorable lines.
rgBd TIL there’s a pit in Russia so wide and deep helicopters can’t fly over it, and it can be seen from space.
VVDG TIL despite maxing out at 2 grams apiece, krill are the most abundant life on earth (by weight)