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TIL the word "bundt" is trademarked (oddly, for the pan, but not the cake itself)

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R5M8l TIL West Virginia has a landlocked lighthouse
4dXR TIL that in 1989, a group calling itself “The Breeders” deliberately caused a medfly infestation in California, devastating crops and causing millions in damage. No suspects were ever identified.
8JVK TIL some Colorado airports have marijuana amnesty boxes for passengers who want to dispose their medicine before a flight.
YpwOA TIL Monarch butterflies migrating North take 3-4 generations to make it to their destination. Gen 1 does not get to its Northern destination; Gen 3 or 4 does. To return, Gen 3 or 4 flies the entire route South. Then Gen 3 or 4 begins flying N. laying eggs along the way that start Gen 1 migrating N.
4MKN TIL after iced trees flattened her wood home, a woman in small-town Mississippi brought in a Boeing 727 to use as a house. It is anchored on the back end while the tip hangs out over a lake and features a Jacuzzi in the former cockpit