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TIL that rainwater is almost never pure and that in some areas the individual raindrops form around airborne bacteria.

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ANagx TIL that the largest legal tender in the US was a $100,000 bill. It is currently illegal for an individual to be in possession of one.
g80y TIL in 1976 Elvis spent ~$16,000 for a midnight return flight from Memphis to Denver to eat a Fools Gold sandwich which consists of one jar of Skippy creamy peanut butter, one jar of Smucker’s grape jelly, and one pound of lean bacon fried crisp.
PYAjg TIL that archaeologists use the term Before Present, whereby the Present is the 1st of Jan 1950, because after that point in time, we had done so much nuclear testing, that nothing can be reliably carbon-dated anymore.
vLYr TIL, in 1585, a Dutch hellburner filled with 800 tons of gunpowder and rocks killed 800 Spaniards. A tsunami arose in the river, the ground shook for miles around and a dark cloud covered the area. The blast was felt 35 km away in Ghent. It has been described as an early weapon of mass destruction.
r9aW TIL the word vagina literally translates to “sheath” or “scabbard”