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TIL Gummi Bears weren't sold in America until 1982 when Haribo opened up its American factory in Baltimore. Trolli, another German confectioner, found huge success in the American market a year earlier by introducing a gummy “worm” a candy designed to both intrigue kids and gross out their parents

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69DMJ TIL that in 1866 a flock of the now extinct Passenger Pigeon in southern Ontario was described as being 1.5 km (0.93 mi) wide and 500 km (310 mi) long, took 14 hours to pass, and held in excess of 3.5 billion birds.
DQVxr TIL that in 1958, a plan called Project Oilsand proposed using nuclear bombs to exploit oil from Alberta's Athabasca tar sands. The concept involved the underground detonation of up to 100 nuclear explosives to create intense heat; hypothetically liquefying the oil and making it easier to extract.
v1gAj TIL A black dwarf is a stellar remnant that has cooled sufficiently that it no longer emits significant heat or light. The estimated time for the Sun to cool enough to become one is about 1 quadrillion years, though it could take much longer than this, if weakly interacting massive particles exist
JYVJj TIL that founder of the gangster rap group NWA, Kim Nazel (aka Arabian Prince / Professor X), is now investing, educating, mentoring young technology entrepreneurs to help revitalize the inner cities
OG5b6 TIL that China has a higher life expectancy than the U.S.