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TIL The Old Farmers Almanac has about an 80% accuracy track record. They have been keeping track of monthly weather averages since Washington was president.

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woYe1 TIL that the world's oldest known piece of chewing gum is over 5,700 years old and was made from birch bark tar.
0dX4y TIL that Alexander the Great founded as many as 13 cities during his rule, ten of which had “Alexandria” in their name.
gMpkD TIL that authors JR Tolkien (LOTR) and CS Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia) were close friends and in their early writing days were often each other’s first readers.
loDxa TIL Sea Lions are considered to have the foulest-smelling flatulence of any animal, "by far"
Me600 TIL Over 90 percent of Mexico’s businesses are “microenterprises,” small-scale operations with workers or owners completely dependent on each day’s earnings. During the pandemic, Mexico City’s food mercados remain open, taco stands serve customers, and mariachis still come out, in order to survive