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TIL that Wall Street gets it's name from the wall built around the Dutch colony in New York

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kOa1m TIL about Moon Trees. 500 Trees that are planted around the United States from seeds that travelled to the Moon on the Apollo 14 Mission.
nWEb9 TIL about Autobesity, the trend of car models increasing in average size and weight (to the detriment of the environment, public health and road safety). Over the last two decades the average weight of cars sold in Europe increased by 21%.
ndMG TIL that the word “silly” changed meaning over time from “happy” to “blessed”, “pious,” “innocent”, “harmless,” “pitiable”, and then “weak” before reaching the current meaning.
JOB4 TIL that Sean Schemmel, the voice actor for Goku, passed out in the voicing booth while recording Goku’s transformation to Super Saiyan 4
PYGbZ Researchers find that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic fall on 11 protected areas in the US annually, equivalent to over 120 million plastic water bottles.