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TIL Horseshoe crabs have saved our lives countless times.

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w7m8 TIL that Thailand is the second most common place for American tourists to die abroad, after Mexico.
vPE7 TIL that in 2001, Coca Cola had a program called H2NO, which worked with waiters at Olive Garden to dissuade people from ordering tap water.
mmYY TIL that Tommy Hilfiger manufactured clothes in Saipan sweatshops. Since it’s a U.S. territory, the clothing could be produced cheaply while still being labeled “Made in the USA.”
5V98 TIL in Kentucky, there are more barrels of whiskey than people.
OoL77 TIL rat-baiting was a common sport in 19th-century England. Occasionally desperate men would compete against dogs to see who could kill the most rats, some of the more successful becoming minor celebrities.