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TIL over 7,000 accidental plane crashes happened on American soil during WW2, killing over 15,000 people.

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L700 TIL the coins collected from fountains barely pays for the cost of collecting the coins from fountains.
4kB7a TIL that outside of Chattanooga,Tennessee, a Little Debbie Snacks-Themed park opened last year. The park has, among its play structures, enormous versions of the snack cakes.
vPyDj TIL that an AI chatbot was blamed for 'encouraging' young father to take his own life
7A8r TIL Stan Musial and his high school basketball teammates threatened to forfeit a basketball tournament because their hotel’s restaurant wouldn’t seat their two African-American teammates with the rest of the team. One of those players was Buddy Griffey, Ken’s father and Jr’s Grandpa
R7v1w TIL that taste and flavor are not the same. Flavor consists of taste, aroma, and texture. Taste is a component of flavor that is determined by taste buds on our tongue and soft palate.