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TIL That the US Post office delivers mail to the people of Supai, Arizona by the only way possible, by mule

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ExxV TIL the Montreal style bagel is smaller, sweeter and denser than the New York (or Brooklyn) style bagel and has a larger hole. It contains malt, but no sugar or salt (unlike the New York style) and is boiled in honey-sweetened water before being baked in a wood-fired oven.
GAoLG TIL that there are over 17,000 fracture critical bridges in the US. These bridges are subject to collapse when there is a single structural failure.
09NA TIL that test audiences that viewed the film “Good Night and Good Luck” prior to its release complained that the actor who played Joe McCarthy was too over-the-top, not realizing that the film used archival footage of McCarthy himself.
KY8X6 TIL that "Smells like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana was named after a deodorant for teen girls
epw8n TIL that up until the nineteenth century, states spent about two-thirds of their income on war.