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TIL Armand Hammer didn't create Arm & Hammer baking soda. The brand existed 31 years before he was born, though he later bought stock in the company because people kept asking him about the connection

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E1W4X TIL that there is a spacecraft cemetery in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
X0XpX TIL about Boontling, a hyper-localized jargon/lingo. Originating solely in the small Northern California community of Boonville during the 1890's, the argot (secret slang) has less than 100 speakers today.
VMxLk TIL: The 50 square-mile section of Yellowstone National Park that spills over Idaho’s border is a legal no-man’s land. It’s an isolated spot, one devoid of roads or any permanent human inhabitants. It’s also missing legislation to allow people to be charged with serious crimes.
KOd46 TIL The British eat over 3,500,000,000 sandwiches every year
W7VbN TIL: Corn plants release thousands of gallons of water into the air every day as they grow (transpiration). This can change the humidity of the air and even the weather in the corn belt.