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TIL in 1919 a tank containing 2,300,000 gallons of molasses used to sweeten drinks burst during a heat wave, flooding the streets of Boston with molasses traveling 35 MPH, killing 21 and injuring 150. Take that Snapple Popsicle!

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0wvMM TIL of Clive Wearing, a British conductor who suffers from chronic amnesia. He cannot make any new memories, or recall past memories. However, he can always remember his love for his wife Deborah, greeting her joyously whenever he sees her, even if he believes they have only just met.
JYAXQ TIL that the oysters in Chesapeake Bay used to be able to filter the entire volume of water in 3 days. This process now takes nearly a year.
ReNa TIL there is a 12 story luxury paper store in Tokyo. On the 12th floor they serve salad grown on the 11th floor–which is an organic indoor farm.
8eA0G TIL an Australian rancher noticed cattle drinking rainwater that had collected in a mysterious metal object on his property which, after an investigation, turned out to be the end cap from one of Skylab’s oxygen tanks that had fallen to Earth more than a decade earlier in 1979.
epML TIL rock pioneer of the 1950/60’s, Chuck Berry, still performs live today, at the age of 85