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TIL The crunch sound of food is made by mini sonic booms; breaking at 300 meters per second or faster.

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e0rDg TIL Susan La Flesche Picotte is widely acknowledged as the first Native American to earn a medical degree. She campaigned for public health and for the formal, legal allotment of land to members of the Omaha tribe
BRxy TIL Mount Whitney, the highest point in the Contiguous U.S., is less than 90 miles (140 km) away from Badwater Basin in Death Valley, the lowest point in North America
GAVmE TIL there is a Spanish version of the TV show “Cheers”
X07A8 TIL Prehistory refers to the period of human history before writing systems were adopted, so the end of prehistory is different in different places. Prehistory in Australia ended in 1788.
D1d0e TIL - Peter Herceg (Tomich) sacrificed his life to save hundreds of lives on USS Utah by staying on board while it was sinking to prevent the explosion of the ship