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TIL that in Colorado, medical marijuana dispensaries outnumber Starbucks locations 3 to 1

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m1wZY TIL that the term Scapegoat stems from an ancient goat sacrifice ritual in Ancient Judaism and likely older 2400 BC Ebla (Modern day Syria)
grOa9 TIL Only 15 of 38 starters finished the men's individual cross country event at the 1924 Summer Olympics due to a difficult course, 40°C weather and noxious fumes emitted from a nearby power plant.
b9RNQ TIL Instead of releasing the single that became his first no1, Elton John had wanted to release a sex song called Always on the Bonk. His label wouldn’t allow it.
1aJj7 TIL the electricity needed to power Times Square could power 161,000 average American homes or the entire country of Turks and Caicos
4kpVg TIL using ditto marks, or putting quotation marks under words to repeat what they say, goes back as far as the Neo-Assyrian period (934-608 B.C.)