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TIL Sand Dollars Are Animals

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kODlE TIL volunteer Miss Frank E. Buttolph was responsible for saving and donating 25,000 menus spanning 1850s thru the early 1900s to the New York public library. The collection provides a slice of life historical perspective to ordinary people's lives
MekAK TIL a 32ft 18th century Long Boat was found underneath the World Trade Center during new construction in July 2010
jM7v TIL An 18th century frenchman once ate a meal for 15 in one sitting, consumed live cats, puppies, and lizards; and swallowed an entire eel without chewing.
wokv8 TIL that in the United States, crayfish are often referred to as crawfish, crawdads, fiddlers, crawdaddies, or mudbugs. As of 2018, 93% of crawfish farms in the US were located in Louisiana. In 1987, Louisiana produced 90% of the crayfish harvested in the world, 70% of which were consumed locally.
81e8 TIL that the positions of a windmill’s blades when stopped signal specific pieces of information.