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TIL that Ketchup, both the word and sauce, originate from China

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VM7B0 TIL that parts of Denver, CO are still contaminated due to a multiple fires and leakages at the Rocky Flats Plant. The Rocky Flats Plant manufactured Nuclear Weapons parts for the US Government from 1952 to 1992.
06QA TIL that the Roman fertility deity, Priapus, was also a guardian god who threatened to violate trespassers with his large penis
GAPL4 TIL 5 children died in australia when a bouncy castle went airborne from gusts of wind
jNobQ TIL Equifax hired a music major as chief security officer
oR5dA TIL About a turbine bearing at Holtwood Hydroelectric Power Plant in Pennsylvania that has been running maintenance free for over 100 years and rated to continue operating for more than 1300 years without maintenance. Amazing thing is that it was Albert Kingsbury's first practical application.