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Today I learned of North Dumpling Island in NY, owned by Dean Kamen, creator of the Segway. It has its own currency (the Dumpling) a passport that requires a picture of your face and behind, and Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are the ministers of Ice Cream.

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8a4aZ TIL that there were once volcanic eruptions on the moon, which created the dark areas of rock that we can see with the naked eye.
EgVAo TIL that Loofahs are vegetables in the squash family and can be eaten as well as dried and used as sponges
4X8ow TIL that in 1964 the FBI sent Martin Luther King Jr. blackmail tapes and an anonymously written letter that attempted to convince him to commit suicide
e0OLD TIL that In 2008, Usain Bolt set the world record for the fastest 100 metre sprint with one of his shoelaces undone.