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TIL that America consumes 100 acres of pizza per day.

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9Ygrp TIL that there is a world war 2 shipwreck (SS Richard Montgomery) off the coast of England, with roughly 1500 tonnes of explosives onboard, that may or may not explode at some point.
nWlXb TIL Los Del Rio released a Christmas version of "The Macarena"
lxyN TIL Blackbeard fell in a sneak attack by the Royal Navy. With only 19 crew members, he devastated one ship, boarded the other, and disarmed the Captain sent to hunt him. He was mid-killstroke when he had his throat slashed. Examination of his body revealed 5 gunshot wounds and over 20 sword wounds.
1bDd TIL: The king of Scotland sent two boys to be raised by a mute woman on an island, to try and discover if language was innate or learned.
RnLa TIL the Boy Scouts of America helped child molesters cover their tracks and kept records in documents known internally as “The Perversion Files”.