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TIL that Ranch dressing was invented in Alaska, by a plumber trying to keep his employees satisfied with his cooking

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D1b1r TIL 2 brothers were filming a documentary about a probationary New York Fire Fighter in 2001. They went on a routine call to check for a gas leak on 9/11 and ended up being the only camera to film the first crash. They followed the FDNY into the Twin Towers and survived.
WLDo TIL when Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia, it’s internet domain name went from ’.yu’ to ’.me’
e0N0k TIL that there was another kind of hidden track possible on audio CDs call a pregap/zero track. You had to rewind from track 1 to hear it.
QNWpM TIL that in spite of a public funeral attended by thousands, blues singer Bessie Smith’s grave was unmarked until 1970 because her husband refused to buy a headstone and pocketed the money when her friends attempted to purchase one on her behalf.
BObe TIL there is a whiskey boom in the state of Washington. Coupled with its more lax distilling laws, WA is very similar to Scotland with its wet, temperate climate and arable coastal locations that make for an ideal place to grow barley for whiskey.