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TIL: the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade 2021 used about 400,000 cubic feet of helium.

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dJAZ TIL Jesse James once gave a widow he was staying with $1400 to pay off a debt collector. He told her to give him the money and get a receipt. James then hid and waited for the debt collector to leave, and then robbed the man as he left the widow’s home.
ZQ5B TIL that every night, the US Constitution is lowered into a safe that is bomb proof
R7g44 TIL supermodel Kate Upton’s great grandfather was the co-founder of Whirlpool Corporation and the inventor of the first mass produced electric washing machine.
LQejv TIL Andrew Carnegie, then the richest man in the world, donated over $56 million to fund the construction of over 4,000 libraries, to further democracy
JYG5B TIL that the song "Rainbow Connection" sung by Kermit from the 1979 film, The Muppet Movie reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained in the Top 40 for seven weeks. It was also nominated for Best Original Song at the 52nd Academy Awards