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TIL Ken Griffey Jr. played for the Chicago White Sox

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nWlpo TIL unlike most melons, a watermelon will not continue to ripen after it has been harvested. So the ripeness at the grocery store is how it'll be once cut.
KYX5G TIL the fax machine was invented in 1843
WAAd TIL that Walt Disney World once had an airport with grooves along the runway that played “When You Wish Upon a Star” when a plane landed on it at 45 mph.
7Gor TIL Cruise ships are legally allowed to discharge (and they do) - raw, untreated sewage once they are three miles from shore. A typical cruise ship can produce up to 30,000 gallons of sewage a day.
KOaPB TIL The first tent erected at the South Pole by the Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen on its arrival on 14 December 1911 is still there, buried beneath 17 meters of snow.