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TIL The USA is one of the last countries that hasn’t combined Boy and Girl Scouts.

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Bgo9D TIL of Merv, a now unpopulated oasis in the Central Asian desert. It may have been the largest city in the world by population in the 12th and 13th centuries, before being massacred during the Mongol conquests, and later forcibly depopulated in 1789
wL9QP TIL: Earning a median US income makes you richer than 97.7% of people on earth (even after adjusting for purchasing power)
vP4lR TIL The hole in the middle of Cheez-Its is called a "docker hole". It helps to release air and moisture during the baking process.
74Vr TIL that Sesame Street is not the longest-running children’s TV show in the world. It is actually Blue Peter, a British entertainment show on the BBC. It started in 1958 and has had 37 different presenters.
wogGo TIL Amazon Alexa recordings were successfully used as evidence in the conviction of a murder suspect in 2023. "Detectives discovered voice commands made by White and his wife at the time of the murder had been saved."