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TIL that despite being one of the larger restaurant chains, Subway locations are closing at an ever-increasing rate

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YpApv TIL of trisodium citrate, a citric acid added to cheese to make it meltier and non-greasy. Its chemical formula literally spells NACHO.
N78GM TIL Hawaii is the birthplace of the Modern Chinese Revolution because Sun Yat-sen established the Revived China Society to overthrow the Qing Dynasty there. His brother Sun Mei was one of the wealthiest Chinese in Hawaii and sold all of his properties and businesses to support the Revolution
AD7Vg TIL that during WWII, the British launched nearly 100,000 weather balloons trailing long metal wires toward occupied Europe, causing power outages when they shorted out power lines and causing at least one German power station to burn down.
E1EZW TIL there is a species of plant called the phantom orchid which has no photosynthesizing chlorophyll. It instead relies entirely on fungi in its root system for acquiring nutrition and energy
OonEe TIL Norway kills more whales every year than Japan and Iceland combined.