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TIL that Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, an immigrant from Spain, was one of General Burnside’s division commanders in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War.

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OoRQg TIL There is a wire called an eruv that hangs above Manhattan encircling much of the borough, acting as a symbolic boundary that turns the public streets into a private space, much like one's own home that allows Jewish people to move about freely without having to worry about breaking Jewish law.
gVZ4 TIL Isaac Asimov died from HIV contracted from a blood transfusion
gYEX TIL up to 75% of the extra virgin olive oil sold in the US does not meet the legal standard for such a label and is often fraudulently composed
eypn TIL mechanisms exist in law that can legally kill and break up corporations. The corporation is fully dissolved and assets distributed widely. No shred of the original is allowed to continue. Sometimes called the ‘corporate death penalty’, it has almost never been used.
8KrV TIL that in Finland, nine out of ten plastic soft drink bottles are returned for re-use. Almost one hundred percent of all glass bottles are recycled – more than anywhere else in the world.