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TIL Morgan Freeman is against Black History Month

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4XoXR TIL: A loaf of bread in Berlin that cost around 160 Marks at the end of 1922 cost 200,000,000,000 Marks by late 1923. By November 1923, the US dollar was worth 4,210,500,000,000 German marks
ADjDl TIL about the Ghost Fleet of the Potomac, 200 or so wrecks of abandoned ships, most from WWI. It has become a unique ecological system full of fish, birds, and other wildlife and opportunities for archeological discoveries. In 2019 it became a National Marine Sanctuary.
b69P9 TIL white asparagus is actually the same species as green asparagus, its shoots are simply covered with soil to avoid photosynthesis
lo7k5 TIL That "cage free" eggs really don't make a difference in the wellbeing of the hen, since they can be cage-free and still stacked on top of each other in a coup. We just continue to pay significantly more for the same product that just 'sounds' better.
D1BAg TIL All border collies can be traced back to one dog, Old Hemp