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TIL California has a higher population than Canada

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Eggnx TIL that Pop Rocks, Tang, and Cool Whip were all invented by one person, Dr. William A. Mitchell.
0dkny TIL different kinds of tea (black, green, white, oolong) come from the same plant. The only difference is in how the leaves are processed.
gwKL TIL of Hanlon’s Razor, an adage that describes people’s tendency to suspect intentional wrongdoing rather than carelessness: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
oL1r TIL John Wayne Gacy’s former attorney, Sam Amirante, who heard Gacy’s original confession to over 30 murders, later went on to author the Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984 which removed the 72-hour waiting period to begin the search for a missing child.
45Vw TIL the actress who played Vina/Orion Slave Girl in the Original Star Trek’s ‘The Menagerie’ was on a plane that suddenly dropped fr 35,000ft to 6,000ft. To recover, she learned how to fly & became the 4th woman to fly a single-engine aircraft solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She is Susan Oliver.